How dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what’s funny, how to build distinctive and original characters.
ADRIANA TRIGIANIAll the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
More Adriana Trigiani Quotes
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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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I ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me.
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The ship’s manifest showed that they could read and write.
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No matter how large a horse’s ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.
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Regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.
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All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend.
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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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So for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.
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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated.
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I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving.
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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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They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me.
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We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
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I am in total silence when I write.
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They only go after what they know they can get.
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