Anne Tyler Quotes


It wasnt what you said he told her.It was how I felt when you said it. Anne Tyler Words 94
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. Anne Tyler Age 86
My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy. Anne Tyler Family 79
People always call it luck when youve acted more sensibly than they have. Anne Tyler Luck 74
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? Anne Tyler Another 72
For me, writing something down was the only road out. Anne Tyler Down 65
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. Anne Tyler Family 59
It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice. Anne Tyler Advice 58
I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage. Anne Tyler History 56
While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put. Anne Tyler Armchair 51
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. Anne Tyler Marriage 50
It is not how much you love someone but who you are when you are with him. Anne Tyler Self discovery 50
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. Anne Tyler Age 34
It seems to me that since Ive had children Ive 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. Anne Tyler Motherhood 30
Im falling into disrepair Anne Tyler Aging 28
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. Anne Tyler Author 26

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