I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost," while looking for — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost," while looking for — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost," while looking for — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost," while looking for — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost," while looking for — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost," while looking for his glasses, and that they were on top of his head.

— Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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