Adriana Trigiani
Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.Collection: Art
Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.Collection: Pain
The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that they could read and write. I am still emotional when I look at those boxes checked yes.Collection: Writing
I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?Collection: Boys
I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.Collection: Looks
If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.Collection: Men
Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.Collection: Blood
Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.Collection: Writing
Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.Collection: Stories
I'm very organized - and the best thing - when you love your work, you don't mind putting in 15 hour days. It's joyful.Collection: Love You
But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possibleCollection: Mother
The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.Collection: Levels
All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.Collection: Girl
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.Collection: Book
If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.Collection: Men
This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.Collection: Girl
I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.Collection: Writing
Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.Collection: Wall
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, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.Collection: Real
Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.Collection: Grateful
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.Collection: Nice
Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.Collection: Fun
I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.Collection: Jewelry
There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.Collection: Artist
I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are boresCollection: Boys
Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.Collection: Food
I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.Collection: Worry
I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.Collection: Jobs