I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers. Forgiveness, therefore, is key. I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. Again and again throughout the course of my life I will forgive myself.


The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life: (ed. 2011)

Ann Patchett Quotes

I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers....

I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers....

I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers....

I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers....