Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life.Anne Lamott
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.Anne Lamott
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.Anne Lamott
Very few writers really know what they are doing until they've done it.Anne Lamott
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.Anne Lamott
Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.Anne Lamott
I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.Anne Lamott
Becoming the person you want to be is to decide to be first, and then act as if you already were.Anne Lamott
The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day.Anne Lamott
A good character possesses all the virtues that are in you, even the ones you can't find because you buried them.Anne Lamott