Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan
Terry McMillanis an American author. Her work is characterized by relatable female protagonists...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth12 October 1953
CountryUnited States of America
attention pay about-yourself
Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
writing heart use
Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
heart writing care
Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.
writing feels i-can
Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
long way used
You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
sibling writing lovers
I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.
years mouths speak
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.
philosophy character emotional
I like to think of what happens to characters in good novels and stories as knots--things keep knotting up. And by the end of the story--readers see an unknotting of sorts. Not what you expect, not the easy answers you get on TV, not wash and wear philosophies, but a reproduction of believable, emotional experiences.
greatness sabotage succumbing
don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
letters nerves innocent
I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.
writing advice doe
Cruising the Internet doesn't count as writing. Neither does answering e-mail. Before you check Twitter & FB and do other similar tasks that get in the way of writing, write first. (I really need to take my own advice here!)
mirrors long age
I remember the day I turned thirty. I was getting out of the shower and I stood in front of the mirror and stared at myself for a long time. I examined every inch of my body and appreciated the fact that I finally looked like a grown woman. I also assumed that this was how I was going to look for the rest of my life. The way I saw it, I was never going to age; I'd just look up one day and be old.
doctors scratches sometimes
Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.
self people needs
People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.