The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“... writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“My belief is that when you're telling the truth, you're close to God. If you say to God, "I am exhausted and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The women's movement burst forth when I was fifteen. That was when I began to believe that life might semi-work out after… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We want a sense that an important character, like a narrator, is reliable. We want to believe that a character is not… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must… — 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
