At the end of the day I am a writer, and if I don't take care of this, no one else will. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
For the entire decade of my 30s and the early part of my 40s, I didn't write a word of fiction. I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
As a writer, you always read in two minds: You read as a reader and you enjoy it, and you look at… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You write fiction, you're writing memoir, and when you're writing memoir, you're writing fiction. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being a literal… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There's this great kind of spooky dance that happens that I can't access any other way. I think most of us are… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think my weakness as a writer is a limited imagination, and I think my strength is a talent for reflecting the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Most of my writing life, to be perfectly honest, is not freaky, old-timey, voodoo-style Big Magic. Most of my writing life consists… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think when you are an aspiring writer, you must write every day. It's not as though anybody will call you up… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I'm more likely to offer them… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When it seemed like I was going to really have to be there at Todd's [Willingham] execution, I don't think I could… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Someone asked me if I would like to write a man on death row, be a pen pal, and I was like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“You know, I think some people fear that if they like the wrong kind of book, it will reflect poorly on them.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Never go into debt to become a writer. Always find other ways to support yourself so you can do the work you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I worked at the original Coyote Ugly bar when I was a young, unpublished writer. Then later when I became a writer,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself lucky that I do not have many passions. There's only one pursuit that I have ever truly loved,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When you write a novel, there’s a level at which you are much more revealing about who you are because you’re less… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“writers like Jack Kerouac (who called himself an "urban Thoreau") set forth to redefine and rediscover ways to live in America without… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
As for discipline—it's important, but sort of overrated. The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is self-forgiveness. Because your writing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I can honestly say [that writing] is the best life there is, because you get to live within the realm of your… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think the thing that I lost in myself when I stopped writing fiction and the thing that I rediscovered and started… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression -… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Returning to writing fiction after 13 years away from it. Returning to the rootstock of my whole life as a writer. It's… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've always thought of my writing as a spiritual practice. But I think that fiction is the most supernatural kind of writing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly inventive. If you left me in а room and told me to write a novel, I wouldn't be able… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I think there are writers who take a quieter approach to their work — one that is just about respectfully showing up… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The Buddha taught that all human suffering is rooted in desire. Don't we all know this to be true? Any of us who have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our choice-rich lives… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
![“When it seemed like I was going to really have to be there at Todd's [Willingham] execution, I don't think I could have done it. I think I began to distance myself. I didn't visit as often; I didn't write as often. This was kind of after my conversation with [fire science expert] Gerald Hurst. And…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f23/elizabeth-gilbert-131_accidents_when-it-seemed-like-i-was-going-to-reall_469750.jpg)
![“I worked at the original Coyote Ugly bar when I was a young, unpublished writer. Then later when I became a writer, I wrote an article about it for GQ. Disney read this article about this filthy, disgusting pit in the East Village [of New York City], where we used to set the bar on fire to get…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a85/elizabeth-gilbert-131_articles_i-worked-at-the-original-coyote-ugly-bar_1915039.jpg)
![“I can honestly say [that writing] is the best life there is, because you get to live within the realm of your own mind, and that is a profoundly rare human privilege.” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/72b/elizabeth-gilbert-131_honestly_i-can-honestly-say-that-writing-is-the-b_3084622.jpg)
![“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our choice-rich lives have the potential to breed their own brand of trouble. We are susceptible to emotional uncertainties and neuroses that are probably not very…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7fb/elizabeth-gilbert-131_choice_and-while-we-do-have-possibilities-that_30637.jpg)
