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I write because I want to have more than one life.

Anne Tyler

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
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But I don't think people take bad advice. They've got intuition too, you know. In fact I'd be surprised if they take any advice at all.
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Sooner or later, even the sharpest pain became flattened.
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When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it.
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I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?
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I write because I want more than one life I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple.
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...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son.
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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.
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I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level.
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I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.
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Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which calls for details any good lie does.
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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
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It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.
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I don't know what takes more courage: surviving a lifelong endurance test because you once made a promise or breaking free, disrupting all your world.
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I wonder how many times we dream that kind of dream-something strange and illogical-and fail to realize God is trying to tell us something.
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I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.
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I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them.
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My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.
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My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.
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They were like people who run to meet, holding out their arms, but their aim is wrong they pass each other and keep running.
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Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.
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