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
dresses attention print
Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away.
awakening restoration walks
Where do we even start on the daily walk of restoration and awakening? We start where we are.
lying steps way
A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way.
truth moral revolutionary
Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary act - truth is always subversive.
opportunity silence needs
I love silence. I seek and create it at every opportunity. I need it to work.
christian religious self
I find most famous Christians to be full of themselves and of prejudice and self-loathing, masquerading as devout religious belief. I find all fundamentalism to be terrifying and very destructive.
dad inspiration decision
My dad taught me that to be a writer is a decision and a habit. It's not anything lofty, and it doesn't have that much to do with inspiration. You have to develop the habit of being a certain way with yourself. You do it at the debt of honor.
self stories golden
I got one of the five golden tickets to be a writer, and I take that seriously. I don't love my own work at all, but I love my own self. I love that I've been given the chance to capture the stories that come through me.
self-esteem narcissism middle
I can never tell what I'm doing when I'm in the middle of publication because I have no confidence. I have terrible self-esteem, along with boundless narcissism.
heaven quiet alone-time
I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven.
spiritual self laughing
I do not understand how deeply people seem to like my work - but I love that people feel I have helped them through hardships, and also have shared my experience of living a more spiritual and present life. It's so great to be able to make people laugh, because this is so often how we get our selves back.
bigger audience ifs
If I have a huge audience, I'd like a bigger audience; maybe slightly a slightly more illustrious audience.
writing eight pages
My experience as a writer is that you really do write seven and eight pages to find the paragraph you were after all along.
meditation path natural
I've always understood that meditation had to be part of - or was part of the natural path and so I've always sort of dabbled in it.