299 Quotes by Anne Tyler

"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."

"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"

"And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be."

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

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

"I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing"

"I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows"

"I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward."

"If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all."

"My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations."