I didn't really choose to be a writer I more or less fell into it.
More Quotes from Anne Tyler:
The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.Anne Tyler
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 richest.
Anne Tyler
I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.
Anne Tyler
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
I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.
Anne Tyler
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