Books Quotes by Anne Lamott

I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head.

— Anne Lamott

I read the same amount of nonfiction and fiction.

— Anne Lamott

Mostly what happens in the novels never happened in real life.

— Anne Lamott

I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days.

— Anne Lamott

We were raised to believe in books, music, and nature.

— Anne Lamott

Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they…

— Anne Lamott

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

E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start…

— Anne Lamott

Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none…

— Anne Lamott

“Becoming a better writer is going to help you become a better reader, and that is the real payoff.”

— Anne Lamott

For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food.

— Anne Lamott

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

I devoured books like a person taking vitamins, afraid that otherwise I would remain this gelatinous narcissist, with no possibility of ever…

— Anne Lamott

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of…

— Anne Lamott

Alice Adams wrote a sweet note to me after my first novel came out when I was 26, and I was so…

— Anne Lamott

For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of…

— Anne Lamott

“There was going to be a spot for me in this joint, the earth, after all. It was never going to be…

— Anne Lamott

“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

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

I try to write the books I would love to come upon that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual…

— Anne Lamott

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

And we've read scary books and watched scary movies and TV shows together. He's met monsters, ghouls, and demons on the page…

— Anne Lamott

“Learning to read gave us a true oasis, salvation, in the same way that coming to know Jesus or the Buddha might…

— Anne Lamott

“I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual…

— Anne Lamott

Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or…

— Anne Lamott

E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far…

— Anne Lamott

Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring…

— Anne Lamott

“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.…

— Anne Lamott

If you always dreamed of writing a novel or a memoir, and you used to love to write, and were pretty good…

— Anne Lamott

“Because for some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out…

— Anne Lamott

“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

I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then…

— Anne Lamott

“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

“when people don’t have free access to books, then communities are like radios without batteries.”

— Anne Lamott

Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s…

— Anne Lamott

Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read…

— Anne Lamott

Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone…

— Anne Lamott

Novels ought to have hope; at least, American novels ought to have hope. French novels don't need to. We mostly win wars,…

— Anne Lamott

“Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean/ they…

— Anne Lamott

No matter how people mess with you or let you down, or how you let yourself down, a good book means that…

— Anne Lamott