These are some of my favorite quotes/passages: But, nutty or not, her book never fails to remind me of why I write–and, more importantly, why I should continue to write. Check out her Facebook page and you’ll see what I mean. Just take it bird by bird.’”Īnne Lamott is a little nutty. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. “ Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. This is the story behind the book’s title: I usually require such inspiration during editing. I re-read Anne Lamott’s book, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, every time I need a little inspiration. One day at a time, AA style.” Or, as Anne Lamott would say, “bird by bird.” If you asked me how this happened, I would say, “Slowly. Somehow, despite being busy, I finished editing my book–for now (will there ever be a day when I don’t caveat this with “for now”?).
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