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Anne Tyler has 110 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I don't type [when I write] because . . . I often have the feeling that everything flows directly from my right…
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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 constitute a…
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None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age,…
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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 imaginary characters…
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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 way, others…
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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in…
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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency.…
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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 supposed to…
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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 again.
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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. I think…
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My family background was deeply Christian.
— Abbe Pierre
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The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background.
— Kim Jong Il
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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in…
— Anne Tyler
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My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters.
— William Standish Knowles
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The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the…
— Charles Kennedy
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I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same…
— Bob Newhart
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I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices…
— Cat Power
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Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.
— James S. Coleman
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I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling.…
— Eugene H. Peterson
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My family background has always been very supportive. They're going to be there for me no matter what.
— Mark Sanchez
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Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family…
— Sam Taylor-Wood
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