A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It’s a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer.
ADRIANA TRIGIANINo one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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There are two kinds of people in this world.
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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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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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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.
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If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens you will end up disappointed.
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Some artists never see their work in front of an audience.
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The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.
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Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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They only go after what they know they can get.
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All the things I thought I was – simple and plain and sometime funny – are very small words.
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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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I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
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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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The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you’ve solved the mystery.
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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.
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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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If only men came made to order. It’s so hard to find a decent fellow.
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And then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge.
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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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The sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.
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I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.
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All the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time.
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