I honestly think that in order to be a writer you have to learn to be reverent. If not, why are you writing? Why are you here?
Anne LamottYou are going to love some of your characters because they are you or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some of your characters for the same reason.
Anne LamottI'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 LamottWrite regularly, whether you feel like writing or not, and whether you think what you're writing is any good or not.
Anne LamottYou get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. The rational mind doesn't nourish you. You assume that it gives you the truth, because the rational mind is the golden calf that this culture worships, but this is not true. Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.
Anne Lamott