American - Novelist | October 25, 1941 -
At most I'll spend three or four hours daily, sometimes less.
Anne Tyler
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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.
I AmAmericaClassEvenInterested
My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.
FamilyAlwaysTellMealsWellGet
People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
PeopleLuckYouMoreAlwaysCall
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?
WorkMotherChildWaitingMeYou
For me, writing something down was the only road out.
MeWritingRoadDownOutSomething
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.
LifeDayFreeSaidNowSay
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.
LifeWorkAgeInfluenceMotherhood
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.
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