Quotes by Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler

American novelist and short story writer

Lived from: 1941 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 25 october 1941

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  • I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing?
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  • I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.
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  • I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin.
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  • I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward.
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  • I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.
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  • If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.
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  • In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.
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  • It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.
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  • It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.
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  • It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.
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  • It's true that it's a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.
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  • My stories are never quite good enough.
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  • None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. - often influence my subject matter.
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  • The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.
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  • The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.
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  • Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age.
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  • When I read, I'm purely a reader.
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  • When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it.
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  • While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.
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