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Terry McMillan quotes: Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.

Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.

Terry McMillan quotes: Every human being I know craves love and affection.

Every human being I know craves love and affection.

Terry McMillan quotes: I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!

I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!

Terry McMillan quotes: My stories are character driven.

My stories are character driven.

Terry McMillan quotes: I became a better person because of the time I spent with him, knowing him. I never got a chance to tell him that.

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 quotes: I'm a fast writer.

I'm a fast writer.

Terry McMillan quotes: Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?

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 quotes: It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.

It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.

Terry McMillan quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Terry McMillan quotes: Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece!

Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece!

Terry McMillan quotes: The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.

The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.

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

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

Terry McMillan quotes: I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.

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

Terry McMillan quotes: Don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!

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

Terry McMillan quotes: I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.

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

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

Terry McMillan quotes: I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

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

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

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

Terry McMillan quotes: I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.

I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.

Terry McMillan quotes: Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

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

Terry McMillan quotes: I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter.

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

Terry McMillan quotes: Okay, so I lied about my age. Everybody does.

Okay, so I lied about my age. Everybody does.

Terry McMillan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.

At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.

Terry McMillan quotes: I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.

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

Terry McMillan quotes: We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.

We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.

Terry McMillan quotes: What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.

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

Terry McMillan quotes: Yeah, well all I can say is that a half truth is a still a while lie, ain't it ...

Yeah, well all I can say is that a half truth is a still a while lie, ain't it ...

Terry McMillan quotes: Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.

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

Terry McMillan quotes: Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Terry McMillan quotes: Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

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 quotes: It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.

It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.

Terry McMillan quotes: If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Terry McMillan quotes: Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.

Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.

Terry McMillan quotes: If it works, I'll be happy for you. If it doesn't, I'll be here for you.

If it works, I'll be happy for you. If it doesn't, I'll be here for you.

Terry McMillan quotes: Over the years it became clear that sometimes you fall in love only to realize you don't even like the person.

Over the years it became clear that sometimes you fall in love only to realize you don't even like the person.

Terry McMillan quotes: They learned the hard way that you can't save nobody who ain't interested in being saved.

They learned the hard way that you can't save nobody who ain't interested in being saved.

Terry McMillan quotes: Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

Terry McMillan quotes: since it's obvious that not having this baby

since it's obvious that not having this baby

Terry McMillan quotes: It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.

It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.

Terry McMillan quotes: Because after my marriage fell apart I felt like an empty parking space, and James just pulled into it.

Because after my marriage fell apart I felt like an empty parking space, and James just pulled into it.

Terry McMillan quotes: Gay is the new straight, in case you haven't noticed.

Gay is the new straight, in case you haven't noticed.

Terry McMillan quotes: Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.

Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.

Terry McMillan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: People like to run their mouths.

People like to run their mouths.

Terry McMillan quotes: My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary.

My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary.

Terry McMillan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

Terry McMillan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: You've been killing me inside and I don't want to die like this.

You've been killing me inside and I don't want to die like this.

Terry McMillan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It is clear to me right this minute that regret is just a wasted emotion.

It is clear to me right this minute that regret is just a wasted emotion.

Terry McMillan quotes: Happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!

Happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!

Terry McMillan quotes: I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.

I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.

Terry McMillan quotes: I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.

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 quotes: Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.

Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.

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

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

Terry McMillan quotes: Their young live were over, too, except they had to die everyday while still breathing.

Their young live were over, too, except they had to die everyday while still breathing.

Terry McMillan quotes: I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.

I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.