It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating. — 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
People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
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. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
Let me put it this way: when I read, I learned the world was not as small as my house. And that… — 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
People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it. — 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 Image
It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer. — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image