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
writing sheep needs
We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little.
music heart singing
Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There was no sense of performance or judgment, only that the music was breath and food.
alive becoming asking
Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?
people mask worst
...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.
real people rich
Some people wanted to get rich or famous, but my friends and I wanted to get real. We wanted to get deep. (Also, I suppose, we wanted to get laid.)
believe struggle recovery
Jealousy always has been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed. I’ve had many years of recovery and therapy, years filled with intimate and devoted friendships, yet I still struggle. I know that when someone gets a big slice of pie, it doesn’t mean there’s less for me. In fact, I know that there isn’t even a pie, that there’s plenty to go around, enough food and love and air. But I don’t believe it for a second. I secretly believe there’s a pie. I will go to my grave brandishing my fork.
forgiveness mean unimportant
Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back.
gratitude ocean grateful
My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.
heart broken my-heart
My heart was broken and my head was just barely inhabitable
giving-up hopeless reason
The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.
book communication home
Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I come into contast as a patient in the emergency room. I see a lot of gaping wounds and dazed expressions. Or, as Marianne Moore put it, "The world's an orphan's home." And this feels more true than almost anything else I know. But so many of us can be soothed by writing: think of how many times you have opened a book, read one line, and said, "Yes!" And I want to give people that feeling, too, of connection, communication.
cheer training weight
It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
inspirational motivational voice
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.
together littles way
She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together.