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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.

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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San Francisco County
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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.
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I understood that the man I was calling for could never ever come back. Because I understood that the man that I was calling for was dead.
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Just don't pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don't. Stay open to them. It's teatime and all the dolls are at the table. Listen. It's that simple.
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The movement of grace toward gratitude brings us from the package of self-obsessed madness to a spiritual awakening.
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