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Anne Tyler Quotes

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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: October 25, 1941

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Myself People Think Remember Will

I'm a terrible sort of non-fussy eater, really. I don't like posh food very much, and the more ingredients something's got in it, the less I tend to like it.

Food More Ingredients Something Got

Nobody would hire me for TV, not that they should.

Me Nobody Hire Would TV Should

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

Failure Man Blame Fail Begins He

Less about politics, 'The Path to 9/11' focused on the emergence of radical Islamic terror as a clear and present American threat.

Andrew Breitbart

Path Politics Present American Clear

So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out.

Robert Sheckley

Science You Say Science Fiction Out

Find something you love to do. Work it to the bone. And you'll be successful.

Work Love You Find Bone Successful

Debussy is one of the few composers who actually created a new sound on the piano - or perhaps we should say a new smell, so perfumed are the vibrations which emanate from the instrument.

New Say Smell Sound Piano Who

I was not a very popular kid in high school, and I had this idea that the way that I dressed would change how liked I was. It was that kind of Pygmalion story. I think, ultimately that's probably why I became interested in fashion, its transformative power, and how it can change your identity.

Joseph Altuzarra

Change Power School Identity Fashion

I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.

Writing Soup Think You Know Crime

I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman.

Funny Father Son Me Looking My Own

We've got a lot of friends. We take care of them because they take care of us.

Brantley Gilbert

Care Take Care Friends Take Got Us

The challenge to people like me is, how do you use your capabilities and resources to help support things that are important to you, whether it's the arts or education or homelessness?

Education Challenge Support People

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