Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. ADRIANA TRIGIANI AlwaysBloodFamilyGoodHeartbeatMamaPeopleWorld
Food is so important – it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. ADRIANA TRIGIANI DifferenceFocalFunImportantPointPreparationProvideSituationSocialSustain
Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes ADRIANA TRIGIANI BookCostumeFarawayPlaceStoriesTime
Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure. ADRIANA TRIGIANI ArtFaceGrandchildrenTreasureWork
When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick – she never has to wait for someone to choose her. ADRIANA TRIGIANI BeautifulChooseGirlPickSomeoneWaitWaiting
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. ADRIANA TRIGIANI BeganCharacterDramatistMoveMovingRealStoryTheatreThinkThinking
Taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story. ADRIANA TRIGIANI SeeStoryTallingTasteTell
I’ve learned one important lesson in my life, and I’m going to share it with you. ADRIANA TRIGIANI AnxietyGoingImportantLearnedLessonLifeOneShareWorry
I’m very organized – and the best thing – when you love your work. ADRIANA TRIGIANI BestJoyfulLoveMindOrganizedThingWorkYou
You don’t mind putting in 15 hour days. It’s joyful. ADRIANA TRIGIANI DayFifteenHourJoyfulMindPutting
The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life. ADRIANA TRIGIANI KnowledgeLifeRootingSharingSomeoneUnderstand
Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime. ADRIANA TRIGIANI ComedyGivingGreatestSpiritualWorldWriting
I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things. ADRIANA TRIGIANI ActorConnectCreateEnvironmentFeelSafeThingThriveTrying
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, ADRIANA TRIGIANI ChooseEnvelopeExpressSealedSentenceWordWriter
Some artists never see their work in front of an audience. ADRIANA TRIGIANI ArtistAudienceFrontneverSomeWork
With full knowledge that the person you married has agreed. ADRIANA TRIGIANI AgreedArrivedFullKnowledgePerson
We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap. ADRIANA TRIGIANI GirlHandHighLeapOtherReallyTake
I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven. ADRIANA TRIGIANI BetweenCloselyDifferenceFamilyLovePreparationUnravelWoven
And I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses – and that if my readers could feel. ADRIANA TRIGIANI FeeImageryKnewReaderRootSense
The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. ADRIANA TRIGIANI EmotionalGrandfatherGrandparentGreatPaperworkPreciousWriting
Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. ADRIANA TRIGIANI CelebrationConversionDecisionFoodNourishmentTable
