Hard Laughter Quotes

“I don't know why I get jealous, since you don't make money or get any attention for it, but I guess it's because I'd rather be doing what you're doing. I mean, I'll have a day in the office where I look at the clock and think 'Oh good, it's eight-forty-five, only seven and a quarter more hours to go; oh good, it's nine-thirty, only six and a half hours to go; oh good, it's nine-forty-five, et cetera, and then we'll meet for a drink and you will have been writing all day and you look happy and crazed, like you just had some wonderful sex or drugs. I resent that all of your time is free time, because half of my life is a bore to me, and I feel guilty because I want to write but I don't write. I can't face all that blank paper.”
― Anne Lamott, Hard Laughter

“I think all that life-after-death stuff is stupid; there's no proof..."
"There's no proof for death after death; it's all circumstantial evidence..."
"Oh, come on, " he said. "There's scientific proof."
"No, there isn't. There's scientific evidence. Scientists can only perceive certain frequencies, even with computers and machines."
"You just want to believe in all that stuff," said Randy.
"You just want to believe in science. I think that you might as well believe in whatever makes you feel better, since there's no proof, and if you believe in God or the Other Side all your life, you can never be proven wrong."
"That's so stupid," said Randy.”
― Anne Lamott, Hard Laughter