Quotes by : Anne Lamott

I want people who write to crash or dive below the surface, where life is so cold and confusing and hard....

‎You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the....

One secret of life is that the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on....

All good writers write [terrible first drafts.] This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific....

You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to....

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa....

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself,....

These two things are almost all I want, but unfortunately, neither one is my strong suit. I am very strong....

If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When nothing....

Now she and I sit together in her room and eat chocolate, and I tell her that in a very long time when....