Adriana Trigiani Quotes, Writing Quotes, Emotional Quotes

The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.

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I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.

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If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.

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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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Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

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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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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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Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

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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.

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We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

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I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.

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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.

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This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.

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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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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.

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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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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.

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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

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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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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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