Anne Lamott Quotes

You can't make someone be your best friend.

Having those people that you trust implicitly is so important.

I've got no brothers or sisters, so it's really important for me to have friends who I've known for years that I really know I can trust and rely on.

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

Most of the friends you trust are those you've known for 10 years.

Your friend is your needs answered.

I can understand companionship.

I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.

When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.

What is a friend? I will tell you... it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

Gabrielle Union is my best friend.

I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comfortable. It's almost like having a best friend. It's a beautiful thing.

As friends go it is less important to live.

Jennifer Garner and I are very close.

When you're comfortable with someone, you don't look for anyone else.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, I actually have a song called 'True Friend'.

Everybody needs one essential friend.

Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust.

Call it loyalty, call it what you want, but I suppose I've got people up here who I'm really tight with, we've made a lot of great bonds over the last few years and I've got people in my corner I can trust.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

I have my best friend in Natalya. That's who I stick to and I don't go out and party or anything like that or socialize a lot with the other divas.

I am not quick to call someone a friend. It is OK to have acquaintances and be associates. We make these words sound bad, but it is about understanding everyone's place in your life. I have a great group of people around me. I value them more than anything.

In my life, there have been a lot of people who weren't there for me, so to now have people counting on me is awesome.

My audience is like my family at this point.