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" I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries. "
Adriana Trigiani
Reading
Loved
Love
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Adriana Trigiani
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Look
I Am
Ship
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Family
People
Reality
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Life
Gift
Talent
" 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? "
Adriana Trigiani
My Life
Settle
Why
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Food
Day
Earth
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Moon
Clouds
Looking
" 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
Us
Preparation
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Choose
My Own
Love
" 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
Like
" If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, it's that they honor working people. "
Adriana Trigiani
People
Hope
Honor
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Work
Mind
Love
" We have a million ways to get ahold of people, and we're the loneliest we've ever been. "
Adriana Trigiani
People
Ways
Been
" I love rhinestones, faux jewelry. "
Adriana Trigiani
Faux
I Love
Love
" I understand how a first impression is often just that: a quick snapshot that, on its own merit, is meaningless. "
Adriana Trigiani
Understand
Quick
Own
" 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
Me
I Am
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Job
Writing
World
" I never knew anybody who didn't want to have a great love in their lives and to make a family. "
Adriana Trigiani
Great
Family
Who
" 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
" Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing. "
Adriana Trigiani
World
Best
Book
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
New
Restaurant
Phone
" 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. "
Adriana Trigiani
Rest
My Soul
Care
" Motherhood changes everything. "
Adriana Trigiani
Motherhood
Everything
Changes