Quotes Anne Tyler

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

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

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

Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we co...

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

For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surr...

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me troub...

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

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

I do write long, long character notes - family background, h...

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

I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to sa...

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not...

I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm li...

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose...

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they ...

I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows...

I spend about a year between novels....

I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writ...

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when an...

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first draft...

I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, t...

I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out tha...

I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a...

I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small an...