"The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that need...
Laughter is carbonated holiness.
More Anne Lamott quotes
"I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and mi...
"I naively believe that self-love is 80 percent of the solution, that it helps beyond words to take yourself through the day as you would with your mos...
"Resentments make even the best of us feel superior.
"Some aching beauty comes with huge loss, although maybe not right away, when it would be helpful. Life is a very powerful force, despite the constant ...
"You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
"Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and c...
"E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the wh...
"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.
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.
"It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.
"I realized I was going to get through this disappointing service, and anyway, you have to be somewhere: better here, where I have heard truth spoken s...
"One secret of life is that the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. Another secret is that laughter is...
"Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing. Church...
"...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.