236 Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

I care what my reader thinks. There is no fancy recommendation you can give me that would matter to me as much as Mary Jane from Youngstown writing me a letter. There is not one. Don't need it, don't want it, don't require it, does not fill up my soul. It's about her, not about the rest of it.

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

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.

And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in different forms, and you can try them. Look at me: I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it.

Women move through the world never knowing their power.

I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.

When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.

I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.