Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

"We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this."

"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."

"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"

"We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this."

"Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper."