Anne Tyler Quotes - Page 5

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• For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.

  Anne Tyler

  Character, Blood, Literature

  "Author Q&A". Penguin Random House Interview, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

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• I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say; I'll have used up all my characters, and then I'll be free to get on with my real life.

  Anne Tyler

  Real, Character, Literature

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• They were like people who run to meet, holding out their arms, but their aim is wrong; they pass each other and keep running.

  Anne Tyler

  Running, People, Arms

  Anne Tyler (1991). “Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels”, Outlet

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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.

  Anne Tyler

  Writing, Shy, Literature

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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, etc. - often influence my subject matter.

  Anne Tyler

  Mom, Motherhood, Age

  "Author Q&A". Penguin Random House Interview, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

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• My cousin Roger once told me, on the eve of his third wedding, that he felt marriage was addictive. Then he corrected himself. I mean early marriage, he said. The very start of a marriage. It's like a whole new beginning. You're entirely brand-new people; you haven't made any mistakes yet. You have a new place to live and new dishes and this new kind of, like, identity, this 'we' that gets invited everywhere together now. Why, sometimes your wife will have a brand-new name, even.

  Anne Tyler

  Cousin, Mistake, New Beginnings

  Anne Tyler (2012). “The Beginner's Goodbye”, p.122, Random House

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• She was good at talking with young people. She seemed to view them as interesting foreigners.

  Anne Tyler

  Views, Talking, People

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• I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows

  Anne Tyler

  Believe, Novel, Shows

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• He was wondering if there was some cryptic, cultish mark on his door that told all the crazy people he'd have trouble saying no.

  Anne Tyler

  Crazy, Doors, People

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• My writing day has grown shorter as I've aged, although it seems to produce the same number of pages.

  Anne Tyler

  Writing, Numbers, Literature

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• 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.

  Anne Tyler

  Thinking, People, Finals

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• There's surprisingly little difference between writing from a male angle and from a female angle, but I feel more restricted in my language when I'm writing as a male character because males tend to sound less emotionally expressive than females.

  Anne Tyler

  Character, Writing, Differences

  Source: www.barnesandnoble.com

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• The first-person viewpoint is more enjoyable to write, because it lets me meander more freely, and it can reveal more of the character's self-delusions. Really all the advantages are with first-person, so I'm sorry I don't get to pick and choose.

  Anne Tyler

  Sorry, Character, Writing

  Source: www.barnesandnoble.com

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