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
secret needs secret-to-happiness
It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.
sister real judging
We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.
book reading writing
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
men competition different
This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.
beautiful girl waiting
When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.
art spirit soar
Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
reading book smell
I even love the smell of books.
mother make-her-smile her-smile
I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.
boys excellence settling
I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
trying actors safe
I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to fail and succeed and flourish and fly.
mom motherhood being-a-mom
Motherhood changes everything.
mean thinking years
Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you do that, you’re missing out on the now. You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.
mean world this-world
Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.
grateful eye artist
Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.