"I mean you're given all these lessons for……" — Anne Tyler
"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 balance equations, which Lord knows you will never have to do in normal life. But how about parenthood? Or marriage, either, come to think of it. Before you can drive a car you need a state-approved course of instruction, but driving a car is nothing, nothing, compared to living day in and day out with a husband and raising up a new human being."
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99 Quotes by Anne Tyler
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I don't type [when I write] because . . . I often have the feeling that everything flows directly from…
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Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.
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Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can…
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None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood,…
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It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of…
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I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.
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I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the…
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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever…
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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read -…
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And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not…
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I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to wonder about my characters ever…
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I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural.…
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