Moral obligation Quote by Anne Lamott

“You must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Tell…

— Anne Lamott

If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing…

— Anne Lamott

Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent…

— Anne Lamott

“...I've been ripped off, lied to, slandered, gossiped about slapped, falsely accused, and had my truths not believed. I've had my heart broken, had…

— Jessica Page Morrell

“If you want to write you need to be able to take risks – in your life and in your writing. If you only…

— Roselle Angwin

“The secret of being a writer: not to expect others to value what you've done as you value it. Not to expect anyone else…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Writing is emotional...it is baring your soul to the world and waiting for someone to acknowledge and love it, or shun and hate it,…

— Anne-Rae Vasquez

“Writing enables a person to build a protective barrier shielding them from an adverse environment, scrutinize their circumstances, and discover how to employ new…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I've always viewed writing as an outlet for being vulnerable and all that comes with that. You are able to let things all out.

— Bishop Briggs

“You're lucky to have within your grasp something that everyone envies. You can't act as though that didn't exist, as though it wasn't part…

— Delphine de Vigan

“As a writer you slant all evidence in favor of the conclusions you want to produce and you rarely tilt in favor of the…

— Bret Easton Ellis

“There is only so much revealing one can do. For every self-revelation, there has to be a self-concealment. A life-long commitment to writing involves…

— Susan Sontag