My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it.
Anne LamottYou own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
Anne LamottMy idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.
Anne LamottBecoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader. He or she will recognize his or her life and truth in what you say, in the pictures you have painted, and this decreases the terrible sense of isolation that we have all had too much of.
Anne Lamott