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
We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We're like Magic 8-Balls. After you ask your question and shake the 8-Ball, you read the answer in the little window. If… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of… — 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
What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly… — 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
