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.
ADRIANA TRIGIANII 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.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend.
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I even love the smell of books.
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Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment.
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Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes
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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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Ireland has never been more beautiful – the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.
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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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Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.
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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write.
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Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.
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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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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother’s house.
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I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.
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When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I flag it down like an old friend. I’ve waited on this corner every Friday since I can remember.
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