Anne LamottWriting takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.
About This Quote
When people say that they “can’t write,” one of the things they mean is that they don’t know how to write. But also something deeper. They don’t believe what they are writing is beautiful, and it’s not. But if you can write what you believe to be beautiful, then you can do it; you can make your soul soar over the pages of the book.
Some Similar Quotes
- Do you think I'm pretty? I think you're beautiful Beautiful? You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.
- As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.
- To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the...
- The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
- A fit, healthy body–that is the best fashion statement
More Quotes By Anne Lamott
- I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.
- Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.
- Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that...
- E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.' You don't have to see where you're going, you don't have...
- It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.