"It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work." ― 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