You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it …

Anne Lamott
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You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you to write it. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.8, Anchor
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