Author: Terry McMillan

Quotes

Every human being I know craves love and affection.

Every human being I know craves love and affection.

- Terry McMillan

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.

- Terry McMillan

I can't stand that - those women in 'Waiting to Exhale' now. I can't stand them. But that's because I'm 53 and not 33. But what they were experiencing at 33, I identified with it.

I can't stand that - those women in 'Waiting to Exhale' now. I can't stand them. But that's because I'm 53 and not 33. But what they were experiencing at 33, I identified with it.

- Terry McMillan

I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does - cook and a little bit of cleaning.

I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does - cook and a little bit of cleaning.

- Terry McMillan

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

- Terry McMillan

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

- Terry McMillan

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

- Terry McMillan

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