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.
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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.Anne Tyler
In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.
Anne Tyler
Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!
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It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.
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My stories are never quite good enough.
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She worded it a bit strongly, but I do find myself more and more struck by the differences between the sexes. To put it another way: All marriages are mixed marriages.
Anne Tyler
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