Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler
Anne Tyleris a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published 20 novels, the best known of which are Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist, and Breathing Lessons. All three were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with Breathing Lessons winning the prize for 1989. She has also won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the Ambassador Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2012 she was awarded The Sunday...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 October 1941
CountryUnited States of America
It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.
I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing
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.
My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.
I don't type [when I write] because . . . I often have the feeling that everything flows directly from my right hand.
I'm falling into disrepair
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.
Liam really enjoyed a good movie. He found it restful to watch people's conversations without being expected to join in. But he always felt sort of lonesome if he didn't have someone next to him to nudge in the ribs at the good parts.
It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.
I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get
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?
If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.
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
My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.