Effort Quote by Anne Lamott Download Open image “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” — Anne Lamott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Effort Firsts Good writing Needs Terrible Writing
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve learned to… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something-anything-down on paper. A friend of mine… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
As a writer, you look for someplace to start. Once you have a beginning and you've written the first two sentences, nothing else will… — Ronee Blakley Copy Share Image
When you finally start to write something, do not let yourself stop...even when you are convinced it's the worst garbage ever. This is the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Writing is so hard.... The first draft writing is so hard that sometimes in the beginning, before the work itself takes over, carrying you… — Sophy Burnham 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
I value the experiences that come with life too much to sit by and not put my full effort into them. — Jim Miller Copy Share Image
An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
Reading counts as partying, even if you're not enjoying it! Even if someone's forcing you to read, you can find a way to make… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
Bernie [Ecclestone] is the commercial rights holder so the more outgoing the champion is, the better. Of course. I also do think about our… — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Im tired, tired of putting more effort than you do. Im tired of always having to start the conversation and if I dont, you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only alone can you go into eternity. Only alone can you feel the transcendental light. It is not a shared experience because if it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I love a pocket. I'm about helping women look as good as possible on the least amount of effort. I want versatility and comfort.… — Stella McCartney Copy Share Image
I have often spoken of integrity as the most important of these values, realizing that integrity – and personal integrity, at that – is… — Verghese Kurien Copy Share Image
Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit coming to us free of charge to enable you to do with ease what you could… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than… — Peter Hilton Copy Share Image