“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.” PeopleNeedsWritingBelieveAbleYoungSoundVoicePrideMusicianJust Believe Author:Terry McMillan
“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.” PeopleThinkingMy OwnResultsTragedyAffectedCompassionatePlightEmpathetic Author:Terry McMillan
“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.” PeopleWorldWayHomeHouseLet MeTownsRaisedSavedRepresentativesHome Town Author:Terry McMillan
“It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.” PeopleGivingNames Book:Waiting to Exhale Source: Waiting to Exhale
“People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.” PeopleNeedsSelfSometimes Author:Terry McMillan
“People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.” People Author:Terry McMillan
“I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.” PeopleThinkingFeelsDifferentLiberating Author: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.” PeopleKnowsBlackPrisonBlack People Author:Terry McMillan
“Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I think to me, that's what the whole paradox is, is people that have children that don't even know how to raise them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsChildrenSometimesWholeParentKnow HowBehaviorRaisesBlameRuinsParadoxLearned Behavior Author:Terry McMillan
“As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.” PeopleIfsBelieveAttentionDon't BelievePreachingDidactic Author:Terry McMillan
“Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's the people in your book that matter.” PeopleBookMatterStoriesCareSoundWorryReaderMetaphorDon't CareImagery Author:Terry McMillan
“What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.” PeopleKnowsSometimes Book:Getting to Happy Source: Getting to Happy
