Went to Trader Joes. A Black woman yelled, "Hi Terry McMillan." Shocked me. And I said hello back. "I read all of your books." And I said, "Thank you. But how did you recognize me with my mask?" She said, "Please. You know how we see us."
Terry McMillan
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Terry McMillan
@MsTerryMcMillan
I write novels. I try to live honestly and not selfishly. Though sometimes I fail. Will try harder.
- OMG. On the verge of tears. Just received an email from my agent advising me that they've just sent royalty payments to me for my first novel, MAMA, and for HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK. The amount is not important. Write what you want to write. What you have to write.
- So, WAITING TO EXHALE is going to be a TV series. Produced by Lee Daniels. Attica Locke and Tembi Locke are writing. Anthony Hemingway will direct. I lucked out.
- Wow! I just got a royalty check for WAITING TO EXHALE for $885.22. It wasn't that good! 🤣
- February 23rd will make 38 years since I've had any alcohol. And have never missed it because I couldn't just have one. #alcoholfree
- She worked it. And I believed her.Fun fact: “Waiting to Exhale,” based off the novel written by @MsTerryMcMillan, was a directorial debut for @ForestWhitaker. This scene starring @ImAngelaBassett was completely improvised. Watch the classic TODAY at 5:30/4:30c on Bounce.
00:00 - Today, I've been alive 68 years and grateful for each and every one of them. Thank you all for your birthday wishes! Go Warriors!!!!☕️
- She's smarter than they are and they can't stand that a black woman is not intimidated by them. I love her attitude. If she was white they wouldn't be talking to her like this. And we all know it.Fani Willis is basically saying if you swing at me, you better not miss
- 600,000 African-American voters. 1 polling place. Kentucky. How is this even legal? It is not legal. Republicans have to cheat to win. Vote by mail. This is 2020. Not 1965. #kentuckyvotersuppression
- You can now download over 300,000 books from the NYPL for free |
- If a black police officer stormed into a white woman or man's apartment and shot him or her dead by mistake, do you think the black officer would be walking the street?
- Does anybody really care that the first black male has been cast in The Bachelor?
- Writing is not and should not be competitive. Do not compare yourself to anybody. Own your voice. Tell a story you'd want to read. Lie until you believe it. Jump outside your own skin and inside someone else's heart. Write without stopping. Edit later. Good luck.
- I don't know why some of them hate us so much. We did not steal them. We did not enslave them. We did not beat them. Some of us outsmarted them. Beat them with brains. With the Presidency. And didn't hate them back. We moved forward. Not low. Because we know our value.
