"It's true that it's a solitary occupation, but……" — Anne Tyler
"It's true that it's a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them."
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99 Quotes by Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler has 99 quotes on this site.
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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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One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about…
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Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.
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You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.
— Victoria Abril
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Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These…
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I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political…
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All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which…
— Margaret Atwood
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Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
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For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search…
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If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than…
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I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.
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I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it…
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I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.
— Christian Bale
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