Anne Tyler quotes - page 3

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs. (Anne Tyler)
When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it. View quote
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When I read, I'm purely a reader. View quote
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My stories are never quite good enough. View quote
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I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward. View quote
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I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing. View quote
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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 it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own. View quote
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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer. View quote
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I didn't really choose to be a writer I more or less fell into it. View quote
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How plotless real life was! View quote
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(The unsatisfying thing about practicing restraint was that nobody knew you were practicing it.) (Anne Tyler)
At most I'll spend three or four hours daily, sometimes less. View quote
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For me, writing something down was the only road out. View quote
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I am very comfortable writing as a man, and I think that's because I had really good men in my life. They made me feel comfortable and I thought, ‘OK, they're not so different from me...' View quote
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