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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.

Anne Tyler

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
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I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.
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People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it's like missing water. Every day, you notice the person's absence more.
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(About parenting:) ... all that tedium, broken up by little spurts of high drama.
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