What Anne Lamott has said about Aging
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 31, 2026
Anne Lamott, American writer and essayist, author of Bird by Bird, Operating Instructions and Somehow: Thoughts on Love, has been quoted on Aging once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on July 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lamott criticizes the ethic of constant advancement she calls 'forward thrust' and says the abyss it avoids is where her most important lessons were found.
“I call it forward thrust, is that you must always be advancing and on the path of success”
TED Radio Hour: Addiction, motherhood and Jesus with writer Anne Lamott (Jul 31, 2026) · Listen from 19:55
Episodes
Addiction, motherhood and Jesus with writer Anne LamottTED Radio Hour · Jul 31, 2026 · 50 min
Writer Anne Lamott talks with Manoush Zomorodi about writing, alcoholism and recovery, faith, single motherhood, her son's addiction, death and turning 70.
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