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Terry McMillan's Profile

Brief about Terry McMillan: By info that we know Terry McMillan was born at 1951-10-18. And also Terry McMillan is American Author.

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

Tags: Between, Treat, Why

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.

Tags: Kids, Parents, Young

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

Tags: Architect, Life, Work

Every human being I know craves love and affection.

Tags: Affection, Human, Love

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

Tags: Few, Willing, Writing

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

Tags: Bother, Criticism, Negative

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

Tags: Create, Stand, Try

I'm a fast writer.

Tags: Fast, Writer

I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter.

Tags: Angry, Bitter, Woman

My stories are character driven.

Tags: Character, Driven, Stories

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

Tags: Ourselves, Reinvent, Sometimes

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

Tags: Care, God, Heart

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

Tags: Alone, Living, Used

I can't stand that - those women in 'Waiting to Exhale' now. I can't stand them. But that's because I'm 53 and not 33. But what they were experiencing at 33, I identified with it.

Tags: Stand, Waiting, Women

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.

Tags: Life, Mother, Woman

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.

Tags: Pride, Young, Yourself

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.

Tags: Sometimes, Three, Times

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.

Tags: Affected, Learn, Result

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.

Tags: Care, God, Time

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.

Tags: Home, Learned, Small
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