Adriana Trigiani
Adriana Trigiani
Adriana Trigiani is an Italian American best-selling author of sixteen books, television writer, film director, and entrepreneur based in Greenwich Village, New York City. Trigiani has published a novel a year since 2000...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
Adriana Trigiani quotes about
book world clubs
Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.
horse your-side matter
The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.
two survival and-love
Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.
jobs writing world
And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.
jobs new-orleans phones
I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
love-you things-in-life mystery
The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you've solved the mystery.
ideas ordinary very-inspirational
You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
writing love-is found
I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.
art pain believe
I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.
dream home imagination
A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed, the sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.
beautiful home perfect
Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home. Ireland has never been more beautiful - the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
men order made
If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.
spiritual writing giving
Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.
levels intimacy
The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.