Quotes by Anne Tyler

I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but...

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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance -...

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I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.

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I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to...

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I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some...

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For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various...

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For me, writing something down was the only road out.

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Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from...

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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or...

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At most I'll spend three or four hours daily, sometimes less.

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And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in...

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Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to...

#Anne Tyler