“In general…there’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I'm very successful, but there are 50,000 general interest books published every year. If you don't want to read mine, there are others. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I devoured books like a person taking vitamins, afraid that otherwise I would remain this gelatinous narcissist, with no possibility of ever… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Shirley Jackson said that a confused reader is an antagonistic reader, and I live by that. It's okay to start anywhere, and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If you always dreamed of writing a novel or a memoir, and you used to love to write, and were pretty good… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“when people don’t have free access to books, then communities are like radios without batteries.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“There’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It's funny where we look for salvation, and where we actually find it. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Raising a child, whether or not it is yours, is like Nautilus of the heart and soul. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
