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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
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Characters

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I was tired of chasing ghosts, hollow men who were outside my comfort zone, men who had nothing to give me except a rush. It was all I asked for, and all I ever got.
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At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.
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I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
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It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
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I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound.
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Cruising the Internet doesn't count as writing. Neither does answering e-mail. Before you check Twitter & FB and do other similar tasks that get in the way of writing, write first. (I really need to take my own advice here!)
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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.
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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and we realize this fairy tale ain't fair. So we suffer.
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I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!
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Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.
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Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.
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