Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting somethingโanythingโdown on paper. What Iโve learned to do when I sit down to work on a shitty first draft is to quiet the voices in my head.
Anne LamottJealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence youโve been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going to have to deal with it, because some wonderful, dazzling successes are going to happen for some of the most awful, angry, undeserving writers you know-people who are, in other words, not you.
Anne LamottThe stuff I write about is pretty universal, the things my closest friends and I talk about - our anxiety about being here on this scary planet, during these scary times, as vulnerable as kittens, having lost so many people I couldn't live without.
Anne LamottI 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.
Anne Lamott