“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.” WritingTryingDoeStoriesLyingNovelDetailsUntrueTrue StoryBelievableGood Lies Author:Anne Tyler
“Point of view is not something I consciously decide. Almost always, when I come up with a plot I find that the point of view has automatically arrived with it, part and parcel of the story.” StoriesViewsCome UpPoint Of ViewPlotParcel Author:Anne Tyler
“For me, writing something down was the only road out...I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive. When I ran out of books I made up my own. At night, when I couldn't sleep, I made up stories in the dark.” WritingMadeBookStoriesNightWaitingDarkMy OwnSleepBehindsChildhoodSittingHatedRanAdulthoodMade Up Stories Author:Anne Tyler
“But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.” ThinkingWantWritingBookStoriesLiteratureShiningTransparency Author:Anne Tyler
“My stories are never quite good enough” EnoughStoriesLiteratureGood EnoughNever Quit Author:Anne Tyler
“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” WantGivingBelieveStoriesInfluenceConcernMethod Author:Anne Tyler
