top of page
Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler

"I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage."

Standard 
 Customized
"I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage."

More 

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Never give up your wife, husband, children and families. Believe that people can change. Give others opportunity to change."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Blessed is the womb that born you."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Children are angels."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"We come into the world through a man and a woman. But life blessings us with many fathers and mothers."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Wrapped in a mother's love is the most beautiful and safest place on earth for a child."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"A new baby is a bundle of hope, a smiling imagination, and a dancing dreams."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"The real beauty of a house is always the happiness inside that house!"

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did-a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

Author Name

Personal Development

More 

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"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."

Age

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be."

Class

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage."

Family

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"She worded it a bit strongly, but I do find myself more and more struck by the differences between the sexes. To put it another way: All marriages are mixed marriages."

Writing

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"It's true that it's a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them."

Writing

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"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?"

Work

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level."

Class

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put."

Dream

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations."

Decision-Making

Quote_1.png
Anne Tyler
"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."

Talk

bottom of page