For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. – Anne Tyler
My family can always tell when Im well into a novel because the meals get very crummy. – 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 dont want to think of the writer. – Anne Tyler
Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul – chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think were the greatest hunters on earth! – Anne Tyler