My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.
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When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it.Anne Tyler
I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing?
Anne Tyler
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
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.
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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 be.
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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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