Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamottis an American novelist and non-fiction writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth10 April 1954
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
break-through feelings looks
by then I'd figured out the gift of failure, which is that it breaks through all that held breath and isometric tension about needing to look good: it's the gift of feeling floppier.
sick mind heal
...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind.
college reason maryland
I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer.
wall pride shining
The mix in our rooms is so touching: the clutter and the cracks in the wall belie a bleakness or brokenness in our lives; while photos and a few rare objects show our pride, our rare shining moments ... these rooms are future ruins
singing splits wide
But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open.
jobs reading writing
We write to expose the unexposed. Most human beings are dedicated to keeping that one door shut. But the writer's job is to see what's behind it, to see the bleak unspeakable stuff, and to turn the unspeakable into words - not just into any words but if we can, into rhythm and blues. You can't do this without discovering your own true voice, and you can't find your true voice and peer behind the door and report honestly and clearly to us if your parents are reading over your shoulder.
twilight waiting parent
It feels like I'm babysitting in the Twilight Zone. I keep waiting for the parents to show up because we are out of chips and diet cokes.
running sex jobs
I've given guys blow jobs just because I've run out of things to talk about.' Oh, Rae. Who hasn't
writing bird kitchen-table
Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.
inspirational writing signals
Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in.
love-you i-love-him way
Sam said to me the other day, "I love you like 20 tyrannosauruses on 20 mountaintops," and this is the exact same way in which I love him.
mother next obsessive-compulsive
I’m probably just as good a mother as the next repressed, obsessive-compulsive paranoiac.
thinking opinion ifs
Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn't, they would get a new one.
believe work-out movement
The women's movement burst forth when I was fifteen. That was when I began to believe that life might semi-work out after all. The cavalry had arrived. Women were starting to say that you got to tell the truth now, that you had to tell the truth if you were going to heal and have an authentic life.