Anne Tyler Quote

I have spent so long erecting partitions around the part of me that writes — learning how to close the door on it when ordinary life intervenes, how to close the door on ordinary life when it's time to start writing again — that I'm not sure I could fit the two parts of me back together now.

The Writer on Her Work (1980)

I have spent so long erecting partitions around the part of me that writes — learning how to close the door on it when ordinary life intervenes,...

I have spent so long erecting partitions around the part of me that writes — learning how to close the door on it when ordinary life intervenes,...

I have spent so long erecting partitions around the part of me that writes — learning how to close the door on it when ordinary life intervenes,...

I have spent so long erecting partitions around the part of me that writes — learning how to close the door on it when ordinary life intervenes,...