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
want-something design special
I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.
thinking world dark-clouds
I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe.
wind people world
The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm?
breaths delicious
Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.
book mean community
Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.
mean trying cleaning
Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.
next the-next-one rags
You have to keep taking the next necessary stitch, and the next one, and the next. Without stitches, you just have rags. And we are not rags,
self hook
When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us.
reading writing heart
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship
thinking people world
This is who I want to be in the world. This is who I think we are supposed to be, people who help call forth human beings from deep inside hopelessness.
forgiveness mean lunch
Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare...
prayer thinking light
The difference between you and God is that God doesn't think He's you.
perfection shallow unreal
Perfection is shallow, unreal, and fatally uninteresting.
character worry plot
Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let what they say or do reveal who they are, and be involved in their lives, and keep asking yourself, Now what happens? The development of relationship creates plot.