We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. The writer's job is to turn the … - Anne Lamott

If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you'll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you've already been in.

The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not just any words, but, if you can, into rhythm and blues.

"My favorite moment in Jeanne Moreau's latest movie — a comedy called The Summer House — takes place in a kitchen, when she proclaims that every human has something to cry about. When mocked by the owner of the kitchen and pressed to say what it is that we have to cry about, she tosses back her head of flaming red hair and says, "The winds of solitude roaring at the edge of infinity.

My lifelong and core belief, right after the conviction that I was defective, mildly annoying, and better than everyone else was that my help was helpful.

Very few writers really know what they are doing until they’ve done it.