You don’t mind putting in 15 hour days. It’s joyful.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIThose who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you do that, you’re missing out on the now.
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So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
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I don’t even like the sound of the dryer going – I like the quiet.
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The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.
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The writer has to choose the right words to express his sentences, and then, once he has sealed the envelope, he has to place those thoughts in the hands of someone else,
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Don’t worry about bad things that haven’t happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.
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Let life unfold, say what you mean.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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Furthermore, the writer is not there to see the reaction of the person he writes to, so there’s a great unknown to the process that requires a leap of faith.
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How childish to think that could be easy.
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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
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Regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.
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A practical girl never pines; she takes action.
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Taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.
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I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope.
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There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you’d had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting.
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Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat.
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It’s the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.
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Things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever.
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Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.
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Women move through the world never knowing their power.
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That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you.
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Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes
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There are two kinds of people in this world.
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How dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what’s funny, how to build distinctive and original characters.
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