I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to wonder about my characters ever again. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Just think how it would look if a reader walked into a café you'd recommended and found it taken over by vegetarians.” — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I think I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much more reasonable, and interesting, and real, in… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
For me, writing something down was the only road out...I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“She passed her New York Reviews on to Troy without giving them a glance; she told him she thought there was something… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much more reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency.… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much for reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. -… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“You wake in the morning, you’re feeling fine, but all at once you think, “Something’s not right. Something’s off somewhere; what is it?” And… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“...that was Julian for you: reckless. A dashing sailor, a speedy driver, a frequenter of single bars, he was the kind of man who… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Disaster followed disaster... the hero stuck in there, though. Macon had long ago noticed that all adventure movies had the same moral: Perseverance pays.… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Justine hated pantsuits. Whenever she saw one, she had an urge to tell the owner some scandalous fortune, loudly enough to be heard everywhere:… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
