Try to write in a directly emotional way, instead of being too subtle or oblique. Don't be afraid of your material or… — Anne Lamott Done Copy Share Image
“The single most radical thing I know . . . is that I get to take care of myself.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I started to get found, to discover who I had been born to be, instead of the impossibly small package, all tied… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Writing can give you what having a baby can give you: it can get you to start paying attention, can help you… — Anne Lamott Having a baby Copy Share Image
When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind. — Anne Lamott Be kind Copy Share Image
We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through,… — Anne Lamott Castles Copy Share Image
My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every… — Anne Lamott Every day Copy Share Image
“One writer I know tells me that he sits down every morning and says to himself nicely, "It's not like you don't… — Anne Lamott Every morning Copy Share Image
I see that children fill the existential hollowness many people feel; that when we have children, we know they will need us,… — Anne Lamott Children Copy Share Image
When what we see catches us off guard, and when we write it as realistically and openly as possible, it offers hope.… — Anne Lamott Crazy Copy Share Image
If you have a problem you can solve by throwing money at it, you don't have a very interesting problem. — Anne Lamott Ifs Copy Share Image
“Our shadow is on the outside. And we can see in the dark: we can see you, we see you turn away,… — Anne Lamott Afraid Copy Share Image
“...what good people can do in the face of great sorrow. We help some time pass for those suffering. We sit with… — Anne Lamott Good people Copy Share Image
“Grace is having a commitment to- or acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The best way to get quiet, other than the combination of extensive therapy, Prozac, and a lobotomy, is first to notice that… — Anne Lamott Mental health Copy Share Image
“This family business can be so stressful - difficult, damaged people showing up t spend time with other difficult, damanged people” — Anne Lamott End time Copy Share Image
“...to be born into this world exactly the way it is, into these exact circumstances, even if that meant not having a… — anne lamott Ozone layer Copy Share Image
Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking. — Anne Lamott Feels Copy Share Image
Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb. — Anne Lamott Addict Copy Share Image
“...I've gotten endless signs of the greatness of God's love and hilarious care, but I always end up needing a newer sign,… — Anne Lamott Greatness of god Copy Share Image
“But I have to believe that Jesus prefers honesty to anything else. I was saying, "Here's who I am," and that is… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far… — Anne Lamott Advice Copy Share Image
One line of dialogue that rings true reveals character in a way that pages of description can't. — Anne Lamott Character Copy Share Image
I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae. — Anne Lamott Folk music Copy Share Image
