I love to think about chance - about how one little overheard word, one pebble in a shoe, can change the universe. — 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 remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I've always thought sleep was a wonderful invention. Not that being awake isn't nice too, of course. But when I get up… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
But I don't think people take bad advice. They've got intuition too, you know. In fact I'd be surprised if they take… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I mean you're given all these lessons for the unimportant things--piano-playing, typing. You're given years and years of lessons in how to… — 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
