Quotes by Tracy McMillan

About Tracy McMillan:

Tracy McMillan is an American author, television writer and relationship expert. She's known for the 2011 viral blog post "Why You're Not Married," which for two years was the most-viewed article on Huffington Post, and is fourth most read post of all time. She also wrote a book based on the piece, "Why You're Not Married...Yet" (Ballentine, 2012). Her screenwriting credits include Mad Men, Necessary Roughness, Chase, Life on Mars, and The United States of Tara. She won the 2010 Writers Guild of America Awards for Dramatic Series for Mad Men, along with other writers of the series.
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For every year past the age of 27, you need to take another step toward commitment somewhere in your life. Instead of freelancing, you get a staff job. Instead of renting, you buy. Fine, instead of couch-surfing, you rent.

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Everything works out in the end. if it hasn't worked out yet, then it's not the end.

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All of us, consciously or unconsciously, set out to have the best possible love life. Valentine's Day simply shines a light on the degree to which that didn't - or hasn't yet - materialized.

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You can't trick The Universe - it's like Santa Claus that way.

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Though it's safe to say there are a whole lotta American gals who agree with the core ideals of feminism, they are somehow nevertheless watching 'Say Yes to the Dress' by the millions.

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I was, for some reason, born knowing how to get married.

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If you're not married, chances are you think a lot about you.

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Relationships are like the world's most intense yoga! It's a daily practice.

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There is no such thing as 'getting' a guy, house and kids. There is only surrendering to them.

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I feel that as long as you're honest, you have the opportunity to grow. It's when you shut down, go into denial, and try to start hiding things from yourself and others, that's when you lock in certain behaviors and attitudes that keep you stuck.

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I think of masculine and feminine energy like two sides to a battery. There's a plus side and a minus side, and in order to make something turn on, you need to have opposites touching. It's the same in relationships.

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If I had an office job, I'd probably be doing the exact same thing I'm doing on television: hanging out by the water cooler and talking to co-workers about their relationships.

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The good news is that I believe every woman who wants to can find a great partner. You're just going to need to get rid of the idea that marriage will make you happy. It won't. Once the initial high wears off, you'll just be you, except with twice as...

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Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.

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A sure-fire way to know you're crazy is if more than one person has told you you'd be great on a reality show - and you agree with them.

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I think every woman has this point in her life where she's like, 'I have a great job, great outfits and great friends, but something's missing.'

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Work is a different type of pursuit than relationships. You can't take the skills that you know that have gotten you into that great school or into that great job and apply them to your relationships.

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Being all about me is not a good thing - I don't care what 1978 tried to say - because as long as you mostly think about yourself, you're not going to be a wonderful person. You're just not.

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Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love themselves love good men.

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People who find that they have a lot of drama in their relationships need to allow themselves to get 'bored'. At first, it will feel excruciating, and they may find themselves confronting a very real fear underneath all that drama: being truly close ...

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Author Bio

  • NameTracy McMillan
  • DescriptionAmerican screenwriter
  • BornSeptember 12, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter
  • AwardsWriters Guild Of America Award