I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may be the last thing on earth they'd be good at
I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place. - Anne Tyler
I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.
- Anne Tyler
But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all. - Anne Tyler
But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all.
...if you catalogue grudges, anything looks bad. - Anne Tyler
...if you catalogue grudges, anything looks bad.
Isn't a memorial service meant to comfort the living? - Anne Tyler
Isn't a memorial service meant to comfort the living?
I'm falling into disrepair - Anne Tyler
I'm falling into disrepair
...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son. - Anne Tyler
...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son.
If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all. - Anne Tyler
If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.
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. - Anne Tyler
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.
View your burden as a gift. It's the theme that has been given you to work with. Accept that and lean into it. - Anne Tyler
View your burden as a gift. It's the theme that has been given you to work with. Accept that and lean into it.
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