“I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who ar...” — Anne Tyler Quote

“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'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.”

“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.”