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
christian jesus down-and
Evangelical Christians and I can sit down and talk one on one about how much we love Jesus, and yet I'm not carried in Christian bookstores.
tired writing wake-up
I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.
believe thinking astrology
I am an Aries. Although I do not believe in astrology, I think this is exactly the right sign to have been born under.
confused writing knowing
Shirley Jackson said that a confused reader is an antagonistic reader, and I live by that. It's okay to start anywhere, and to let yourself write a big sloppy overly-detailed first draft. You just jump in, knowing that the water will be cold at first, but no one is making you swim.
evidence verdict
The evidence is in, and you are the verdict.
christian drunk sober
I became a Christian before I got sober. So I was a drunk, bulimic Christian.
running writing islands
If you are writing the clearest, truest words you can find and doing the best you can to understand and communicate, this will shine on paper like its own little lighthouse. Lighthouses dont go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
dark light together
A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith.
god prayer water
Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, 'Well, isn't that fabulous? Because I need help too. So you go get that old woman over there some water, and I'll figure out what we're going to do about your stuff.
god father personality
Looking back on the God my friend believed in, he seems a little erratic, not entirely unlike her father - God as borderline personality.
people life-and-change take-time
Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.
believe parent trying
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.
forever lasts ifs
If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever.
summer light years
Summer nearly does me in every year. It's too hot and the light is unforgiving and the days go on way too long.