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I'm very successful, but there are 50,000 general interest books published every year. If you don't want to read mine, there are others.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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My gratitude for good writing is unbounded I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.
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I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the word 'divine' makes many progressive people run screaming for their cute little lives, and so one hesitates to use it.
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Laughter is carbonated holiness.
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This is our goal as writers, I think to help others have this sense of--please forgive me--wonder, of seeing things anew, things that can catch us off guard, that break in on our small, bordered worlds.
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The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
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I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the last twenty-five years, that there's something to be said about keeping prayer simple. Help, Thanks, Wow.
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Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.
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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.
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We want a sense that an important character, like a narrator, is reliable. We want to believe that a character is not playing ages or being coy or being manipulative, but is telling the truth to the best of his or her ability...We do not wish to be crudely manipulated...We want to be massaged by a masseur, not whapped by a carpet beater.
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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
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Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in.
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Laughter is the key that grace has arrived.
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I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.
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Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up.
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I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days.
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But you don't always get what you want,you get what you get
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Sometimes Heaven is just a new pair of glasses.
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Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.
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I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.
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Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet. quoting her pastor in Salon, April 25, 2003
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