Liam really enjoyed a good movie. He found it restful to watch people's conversations without being expected to join in. But he always felt sort of lonesome if he didn't have someone next to him to nudge in the ribs at the good parts. Anne Tyler More Quotes by Anne Tyler More Quotes From Anne Tyler 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 motherhood mom age Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age. Anne Tyler age doe people He was wondering if there was some cryptic, cultish mark on his door that told all the crazy people he'd have trouble saying no. Anne Tyler crazy doors people ...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son. Anne Tyler doe people son It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work. Anne Tyler human-beings awful humans You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart, torn all over the place, and our mother was a witch. Anne Tyler torn-apart mother thinking I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my characters join the circus, I’m joining the circus. Although I’m happily married, I spent a great deal of time mentally living with incompatible husbands. Anne Tyler husband writing character The very thing that attracts you to someone can end up putting you off. Anne Tyler ends I don't type [when I write] because . . . I often have the feeling that everything flows directly from my right hand. Anne Tyler feelings writing hands 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. Anne Tyler shy literature writing My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations. Anne Tyler engagement inspiration decision I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs. Anne Tyler waiting baby thinking The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest. Anne Tyler reflection opportunity character I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple. Anne Tyler greed simple writing 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. Anne Tyler endurance survival promise Smells could bring a person back clearer than pictures even could. Anne Tyler smell persons 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. Anne Tyler writing trying lying Now peculiar scraps of knowledge were stuck to him like lint from all his jobs. Anne Tyler peculiar jobs knowledge Everything was leveled, there were no extremes of joy or sorrow any more but only habit, routine, ancient family names and rites and customs, slow careful old people moving cautiously around furniture that had sat in the same positions for fifty years. Anne Tyler names years moving We stay in the house so much because I am waiting for the telephone. I seem to be back in my teens, a period I thought I would never have to endure again: my life is spent hoping for things that only someone else can bring about. Anne Tyler teens waiting house
