Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.
(Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life )
More Quotes from Anne Lamott:
One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.Anne Lamott
Perfectionism means that you try desperately not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived. Clutter is wonderfully fertile ground - you can still discover new treasures under all those piles, clean things up, edit things out, fix things, get a grip. Tidiness suggests that something is as good as it's going to get. Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation, while writing needs to breathe and move.
Anne Lamott
You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.
Anne Lamott
If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.
Anne Lamott
Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.
Anne Lamott
To participate requires self-discipline and trust and courage, because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, as my friend Dale puts it, How alive am I willing to be?
Anne Lamott
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