Anne Tyler

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely. ”

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

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing? ”

I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside. ”

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. ”