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
two survival and-love
Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.
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.
loneliness first-love worry
Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.
love-you mind joyful
I'm very organized - and the best thing - when you love your work, you don't mind putting in 15 hour days. It's joyful.
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.
sweet love-you giving
That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.
found gift life love novels stays tried wonderful
Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in different forms, and you can try them. Look at me: I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it.
allowed began books check choose choosing fell love nine whatever
I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library. I was around nine years old when I began choosing my own books in earnest.
moving knowing world
Women move through the world never knowing their power.
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.
cutting boys energy
Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, if you stop pinning, you're free to find a boy who is attainable.
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.
fun differences preparation
Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.
jewelry faux
I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.