We already know that best-selling author Terry McMillan has a fierce way with words from novels like “Disappearing Acts,” “Waiting to Exhale,” “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” and next month’s “I Almost Forgot About You.” But McMillan, who will be a speaker on the ESSENCE Empowerment Experience stage at ESSENCE Festival, June 30-July 3 in New Orleans, dishes out more of her real talk on Twitter. Check out 20 times her tweets kept it real.
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I slapped a woman once for littering after she refused to pick it up. Then she picked it up. Said her husband was a cop. Call him, I said.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) April 16, 2016
Some people like living in a small world. I want mine to be boundless.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 31, 2016
It still makes me apoplectic how men think they have a right to determine what women do with our bodies. They don't own us.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 30, 2016
Never let anybody treat your heart like they found it on a clearance table.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 30, 2016
Sometimes, we long for the wrong things.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 28, 2016
It looks and feels like leather. And for $39.99 it feels like Prada. Sky blue. Where else? #TARGET pic.twitter.com/Tf0r4nwnHj
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 27, 2016
There are a lot of amazing writers who do not get on the NYT Bestseller's list & who deserve to be read & would appreciate more readers.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 20, 2016
Be clear about what is harmful to you. And who and what you allow to cause you harm.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 16, 2016
Travel whenever you can.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 6, 2016
Never ever forget where you came from. I don't care how much money you make.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 20, 2016
Sometimes you can't see for looking.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 25, 2016
Some people dig their own ruts thinking no one can see them. And then they want you to help them dig their way out.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) March 30, 2016
I sometimes hate cellphones. I watch how people clutch them, stare at them. Ignore their surroundings. Even children. #cellphone
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) April 9, 2016
Life is not a contest.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) April 20, 2016
I would like to see streets named after some of Prince's songs. Everywhere.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) April 22, 2016
The only person I have to impress is me. And even sometimes that's not good enough.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) April 25, 2016
A few qualities you need to be President are cooperation, respect, not be a racist, and not think you are omnipotent. Rules out Trump.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) April 27, 2016
I'm sick of child molesters & white-collar criminals getting away with a slap on the wrist when black boys get killed for doing nothing.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) April 27, 2016
Most of the time, it's easier and simpler to just tell the truth.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) April 27, 2016
Don't make waves unless you know how to surf.
— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) May 1, 2016
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