Terry Mcmillan Quotes
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Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.
— Terry McMillan
Every human being I know craves love and affection.
— Terry McMillan
I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
— Terry McMillan
My stories are character driven.
— Terry McMillan
I became a better person because of the time I spent with him, knowing him. I never got a chance to tell him that.
— Terry McMillan
I'm a fast writer.
— Terry McMillan
Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?
— Terry McMillan
It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.
— Terry McMillan
It now seems obvious that the way we're raised has a major impact on what kind of person we turn out to be, but so does who we love.
— Terry McMillan
People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.
— Terry McMillan
Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
— Terry McMillan
You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
— Terry McMillan
Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece!
— Terry McMillan
The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
— Terry McMillan
I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
— Terry McMillan
I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
— Terry McMillan
Don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
— Terry McMillan
I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.
— Terry McMillan
Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.
— Terry McMillan
I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
— 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
Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.
— Terry McMillan
I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter.
— Terry McMillan
Okay, so I lied about my age. Everybody does.
— 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 let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
— Terry McMillan
We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.
— Terry McMillan
Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
— Terry McMillan
Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
— Terry McMillan
It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.
— Terry McMillan
If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.
— Terry McMillan
Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
— Terry McMillan
Over the years it became clear that sometimes you fall in love only to realize you don't even like the person.
— Terry McMillan
They learned the hard way that you can't save nobody who ain't interested in being saved.
— Terry McMillan
Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
— Terry McMillan
since it's obvious that not having this baby
— Terry McMillan
It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
— Terry McMillan
Because after my marriage fell apart I felt like an empty parking space, and James just pulled into it.
— Terry McMillan
Gay is the new straight, in case you haven't noticed.
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Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.
— Terry McMillan
Most women are amazing. They just need to be with someone who makes it easy for them to express it. I think it's called respect.
— Terry McMillan
People like to run their mouths.
— Terry McMillan
I'd crack up without my music. It's the best company you can have, really. It don't say 'no' or 'maybe,' or ask no questions.
— Terry McMillan
It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
— Terry McMillan
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.
— Terry McMillan
You've been killing me inside and I don't want to die like this.
— Terry McMillan
I have a big mouth, and over the years, as the eldest of five, I have had a tendency to speak when no one really cared.
— Terry McMillan
I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.
— Terry McMillan
I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
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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.
— Terry McMillan
Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.
— Terry McMillan
I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
— Terry McMillan
