I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may be the last thing on earth they'd be good at.
Anne Tyler

My stories are never quite good enough.
Anne Tyler

I spend about a year between novels.
Anne Tyler

At most I'll spend three or four hours daily, sometimes less.
Anne Tyler

I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.
Anne Tyler

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

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