I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences or method or any other writerly concerns
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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