Becoming 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 LamottI 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.
Anne LamottFrequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places.
Anne LamottI have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.
Anne Lamott