All Anne Tyler Quotes
- I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely. Actual
- When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it. Ever Read
- The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. Dinner
- Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people. Affect
- My writing day has grown shorter as I've aged, although it seems to produce the same number of pages. Aged
- I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog… Act
- Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken,… Amazing
- I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say; I'll have used up all my characters, and then I'll… All
- It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but… Children
- For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. Always Choose
- My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy. Always Tell
- I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level. Always Enjoyed
- If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all. All
- People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have. Acted
- I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about… Advise
- It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice. Advice
- I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place. Funny
- One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never… Acts
- She saw herself riding in the passenger seat, Sam behind the wheel. Like two of those little peg people in a toy car. Husband peg,… Admiring
- I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get All
- I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my characters join the… Character
- He wished he had inhabited more of his life, used it better, filled it fuller. Better
- They were like people who run to meet, holding out their arms, but their aim is wrong; they pass each other and keep running. Aim
- I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them. Beginning
- Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person. Discovered