My father was a
My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott
In fact, there’s really
In fact, there’s really only one thing that everything’s made of; it’s energy. Anne Lamott
My father really taught
My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you don’t wait for inspiration. Anne Lamott
Drugs took me to
Drugs took me to places; they were like portals. It’s kind of a cliché, but they were like portals to altered states of consciousness into ways of imagining the world, or seeing a world beyond this world, or seeing a world beyond this world that I might not have gotten to unless I discovered meditation … Read more
Reading poetry and reading
Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the ’60s and the ’70s and ’80s was mind altering. Anne Lamott
I have been somebody
I have been somebody who has not written a great deal about the truth of my family’s life. Anne Lamott
I’ve always understood that
I’ve always understood that meditation had to be part of – or was part of the natural path and so I’ve always sort of dabbled in it. Anne Lamott
My experience as a
My experience as a writer is that you really do write seven and eight pages to find the paragraph you were after all along. Anne Lamott
I think drugs are
I think drugs are part of the magical possibilities of youth and I wouldn’t be here if I had continued with it. Anne Lamott
If I have a
If I have a huge audience, I’d like a bigger audience; maybe slightly a slightly more illustrious audience. Anne Lamott