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…

Quote by Anne Lamott

Topics: Writing Quotes

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict...

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict...

I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a...

I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a...

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats...

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats...

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

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

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention...

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention...

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and...

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and...

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets...

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets...

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

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

Youth troubles over eternity, age grasps at a day and is satisfied to have even...

Youth troubles over eternity, age grasps at a day and is satisfied to have even...

Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first...

Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first...

I've often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go...

I've often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go...

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the...

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the...

Don't knock masturbation - it's sex with someone I love

Don't knock masturbation - it's sex with someone I love

Shout out to all the people born in 1928 celebrating their 21st birthday! Happy Leap...

Shout out to all the people born in 1928 celebrating their 21st birthday! Happy Leap...

In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school,...

In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school,...

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then...

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then...

If you were to open up a baby's head -- and I am not for...

If you were to open up a baby's head -- and I am not for...

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad...

God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad...

Let them hate, so long as they fear.

Let them hate, so long as they fear.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.