Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth M. Gilbertis an American author, essayist, short story writer, biographer, novelist, and memoirist. She is best known for her 2006 memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, which as of December 2010 has spent 199 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, and which was also made into a film by the same name in 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 July 1969
CityWaterbury, CT
CountryUnited States of America
bad-relationship law long
Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you - the legally married person who wants to escape doomed love - may soon discover that a significant portion of your marriage contract belongs to the State, and that it sometimes takes a very long while for the State to grant you your leave.
reality house parent
It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.
the-end-of-the-day care ends
At the end of the day I am a writer, and if I don't take care of this, no one else will.
writing thinking earth
But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it rational? Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this Earth to do.
voice vote
Fear can have a voice, but it doesn't get a vote.
true-power path standing
True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path.
destiny looks amusement
Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.
want praying eat-love-pray
I was a writer before 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and I'll be a writer after it's over. It's what I want to do for the rest of my life.
yellow light policy
I have these new policies toward my life, like 'I will not accelerate when I see the yellow light.'
compassion light generosity
There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.
profound people soul
What profound reward you must glean from studying the world so closely....Too many people turn away from small wonders, I find. There is so much more potency to be found in detail than generalities, but most souls cannot train themselves to sit still for it.
hard-work self accountability
I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.
believe writing expression
I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression - that you should take on this work like a holy calling
smart thinking years
Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.'' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?'