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
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.
mother kids writing
I love writing in first person more than third. I have to basically suspend my own world. I don't exist. I'm just a conduit. So I can be eight years old. I can be the mother of a kid that you find out certain things I'm not going to say.
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.
certain behinds amount
happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
believe people attention
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.
heart writing care
Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.
men pet like-you
I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
thinking people different
I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
men would-be kind
I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
love confused passion
Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.
believe writing pride
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.
people
People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.
thinking people tragedy
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.
worry skins want
Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.