Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIYou can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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I wish I was the kind who made up stories.
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In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.
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It’s service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.
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But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
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Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better.
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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives.
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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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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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Taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.
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I am in total silence when I write.
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Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don’t feed the source, it dissipates entirely.
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Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on.
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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
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