I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
Cruising the Internet doesn't count as writing. Neither does answering e-mail. Before you check Twitter & FB and do other similar tasks… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
I love writing in first person more than third. I have to basically suspend my own world. I don't exist. I'm just… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys. — Terry McMillan Copy Share
It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name. — Terry McMillan Copy Share
My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary. — Terry McMillan Copy Share
As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most you can… — Terry McMillan Copy Share
I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one. — Terry McMillan Copy Share
I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer. — Terry McMillan Copy Share
It's sad to think that we've gotten to this, that we actually have to think about how to go about finding a man. But… — Terry McMillan Copy Share
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… — Terry McMillan Copy Share
“I had been on a whole lot of folks' prayer lists and God had known for years my address was still 111 Unlucky-in-LOve-Avenue.” — Terry McMillan Copy Share
“Yeah, well all I can say is that a half truth is a still a while lie, ain't it...” — Terry McMillan Copy Share
We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and… — Terry McMillan Copy Share
