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Anne Tyler Quotes

It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.
Anne Tyler

Biography

Author Profession: Novelist
Nationality: American
Born: October 25, 1941

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My stories are never quite good enough.
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I spend about a year between novels.
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At most I'll spend three or four hours daily, sometimes less.
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I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.
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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.
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For me, writing something down was the only road out.
Anne Tyler

I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows.
Anne Tyler

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Away, Celebrate, Good, Life, Mystery, Novels, Ordinary, Psychological, Seems, Strips, Terms, Up

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Away, Celebrate, Good, Life, Mystery, Ordinary, Psychological, Up