Adriana Trigiani Quotes, Writing Quotes, Character Quotes

Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.

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I will probably always cry myself to sleep, but knowing this, someday the tears won't be sad, or filled with regret. Maybe they will be joyful

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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.

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I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.

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If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on. I ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me. But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened. I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.

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I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.

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The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.

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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

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For a woman, love is the highest dream, and if a man promises to build a ladder tall enough to reach it, she believes him, hikes up her skirt, and follows him to the stars.

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Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.

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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.

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Isn't this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.

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There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

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This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.

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I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

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All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

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A practical girl never pines; she takes action.

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I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

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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.

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Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it.

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