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

You celebrate what works, and you take tender care of what doesn’t, with lotion, polish, and kindness.

— Anne Lamott

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

— Anne Lamott

You get your confidence and intuition back by trusting yourself, by being militantly on your own side. You need to trust yourself, especially on a first draft, where amid the anxiety and self-doubt, there should be a real sense of your imagination and your memories walking and woolgathering, tramping the hills, romping all over the place. Trust them. Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.

— Anne Lamott

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.

— Anne Lamott

You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.

— Anne Lamott

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.

— Anne Lamott

Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

— Anne Lamott

Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.

— Anne Lamott

Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.

— Anne Lamott