But I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do—the actual act of writing—turns out to be the best part. It’s like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life  (via litverve)
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, from Whiskey River
“To participate requires self-disclipline and trust andcourage, because this business of becoming conscious,of being a writer, is ultimately about askingyourself…How alive am I willing to be?” Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life from 108zenbooks

“To participate requires self-disclipline and trust and
courage, because this business of becoming conscious,
of being a writer, is ultimately about asking
yourself…How alive am I willing to be?”

Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life

from 108zenbooks