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
swim want castles
If you want to get to the castle, Groceries, you've got to swim the moat.
divorce knowing want
I would say that if you really want to STOP knowing someone, you have to divorce him.
reading want earth
Given that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon?
believe want wake-up
Every day when you wake up, ask yourself, 'What do I really, really, really want? ' You have to say really, really, really, otherwise you won't believe it.
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.
want lasting
I want to have a lasting experience of God.
creativity lessons want
It seems obvious that there comes period in your life when you have to learn to say no to things you don't want to do. But the biggest trickiest lesson in holding on the stalwart committment to your creativity is learning how to say no to the things you do want to do.
elements want way
We live in this society where you must constantly be reinventing yourself. The big question is what are you doing next. The only thing they want is composed of these three elements: They want you to do it the exact same way because they want more of it; but they want it to be totally different; and they want it to be better. That's all you have to do. You just have to do something that's exactly the same, totally different, and better.
beautiful venice want
Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.
dislike-me people want
I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me.
simple people want
I know this simple fact to be true, for I myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, and I myself have been abandoned by those whom I begged to stay.
morning creative want
When you want to do something creative and you want to do something new, you have to start with the thing that's making you want to jump up out of bed in the morning.
world want sometimes
If you want to know the world, sometimes you have to get out and roll around.
delight world want
I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights but also devote myself to God.