Anne Tyler Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. October 25, 1941
Birthday: October 25
I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.
source: Author Q&A by Penguin Random House, www.penguinrandomhouse.com. 
topic: Writing, Looks, Lasts, Publication, Beginning Writers
