"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." ― Anne Tyler From Anne Tyler Novelist Added on 1/31/2026 About Anne Tyler Anne Tyler is an American novelist known for literary fiction centered on family life, including The Accidental Tourist and Breathing Lessons. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Breathing Lessons in 1989. Born: 1941-10-25 View all quotes from Anne Tyler