Terry McMillan quotes

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way. (Terry McMillan)

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Terry McMillan

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

Terry McMillan

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.

Terry McMillan

Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.

Terry McMillan

I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does - cook and a little bit of cleaning.

Terry McMillan

Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.

Terry McMillan

I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.

Terry McMillan

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.

Terry McMillan

What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.

Terry McMillan

life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece! (Terry McMillan)

Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.

Terry McMillan

My stories are character driven.

Terry McMillan

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

Terry McMillan

I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

Terry McMillan

Let me put it this way: when I read, I learned the world was not as small as my house. And that everybody in my home town was not representative of the way people in the world were raised. And that was what saved me.

Terry McMillan

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

Terry McMillan

don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!

Terry McMillan

As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most you can do, I think.

Terry McMillan

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

Terry McMillan

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting. (Terry McMillan)

I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.

Terry McMillan

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.

Terry McMillan

I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.

Terry McMillan

People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan

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Occupation: American Author
Born: October 18, 1951
Quotes count: 53
Wikipedia: Terry McMillan

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