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
done knows
Very few writers really know what they are doing until they have done it.
hurt eye writing
You keep working on your piece over and over, trying to get the sections and paragraphs and sentences and the whole just right, but there's a point at which you can tell you've begun hurting the work with your perfectionism. Then you have to release the work to new eyes.
writing helping-others thinking
This is our goal as writers, I think; to help others have this sense of--please forgive me--wonder, of seeing things anew, things that can catch us off guard, that break in on our small, bordered worlds.
grief feet tears
The grief and tears didn't wash me away. They gave me my life back! They cleansed me, baptized me, hydrated the earth at my feet.
prayer heart
Anything you say from your heart to God is a prayer.
birthday people going-the-extra-mile
Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.
party has-beens
I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.
understanding opinion theological
I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.
jobs people vision
The writer is a person who is standing apart, like the cheese in 'The Farmer in the Dell' standing there alone but deciding to take a few notes. You’re outside, but you can see things up close through your binoculars. Your job is to present clearly your viewpoint, your line of vision. Your job is to see people as they really are, and to do this, you have to know who you are in the most compassionate possible sense. Then you can recognize others.
realization alive offers
I get to tell my truth. I get to seek meaning and realization. I get to live fully, wildly, imperfectly. That's why I'm alive. And all I actually have to offer as a writer is my version of life. Every single thing that has happened to me is mine.
writing artist bricks
You simply keep putting down one damn word after the other, as you hear them, as they come to you. You can either set brick as a laborer or as an artist.
writing being-the-best force
That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.
easter sisterhood brotherhood
This is the Easter message, that awakening is possible, to the goodness of God, the sacredness of human life, the sisterhood and brotherhood of all.
heart successful support
I feel incredibly successful. I make a living as a writer and am able to help support a big family, my church, my bleeding-heart causes.