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" I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library. I was around nine years old when I began choosing my own books in earnest. "

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" You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family. "

Adriana Trigiani

Work

Small

Family

" 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. "

" Work and love - this is interesting to me. "

Adriana Trigiani

Love

Interesting

" 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. "

" 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 come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes. "

" 'All the Stars in the Heavens' takes place during the golden age of Hollywood, around an imagined story about Loretta Young; Clark Gable; Alda, a young woman with a secret who is preparing to become a nun but is cast out of her convent; and the scenic artist she meets on the set of 'The Call of the Wild.' It's a big, lush historical novel. "

" If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, it's that they honor working people. "

" Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing. "

" 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? "

" I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries. "

" Motherhood changes everything. "

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

Adriana Trigiani

Quiet

Going

" I never knew anybody who didn't want to have a great love in their lives and to make a family. "

" We have a million ways to get ahold of people, and we're the loneliest we've ever been. "

" The Hudson River lay flat and black like a lost evening glove. The clouds parted overhead as the distant moon threw a single, bright beam over lower Manhattan as though it were looking for its other half. "

" 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. "

Adriana Trigiani

World

I Am

" 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. "

" 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. "

Adriana Trigiani

Family

Preparation

" There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you'd had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting; and who encouraged you to grow a good heart. When that layer goes, whatever is left of your childhood goes with her. "

" But 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. "

" And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story. "

" I understand how a first impression is often just that: a quick snapshot that, on its own merit, is meaningless. "

" 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. "