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Character Quotes by Anne Tyler
- It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once…
- I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I…
- I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to wonder about my characters ever again.
- I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that…
- I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving…
- The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the…
- 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…
- For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.
- 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…
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- Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
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