Writer Quotes by Natalie Goldberg

Writing is not a McDonald’s Hamburger..

— Natalie Goldberg

Writing is the act of discovery.

— Natalie Goldberg

In the end, you have to just sit down, shut up, and write.

— Natalie Goldberg

A writer must say yes to life.

— Natalie Goldberg

When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind

— Natalie Goldberg

Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.

— Natalie Goldberg

“Own anything you want in your writing and then let it go.”

— Natalie Goldberg

Finally, one just has to shut up, sit down, and write.

— Natalie Goldberg

Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.

— Natalie Goldberg

Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it

— Natalie Goldberg

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

— Natalie Goldberg

A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.

— Natalie Goldberg

I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand.

— Natalie Goldberg

Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.

— Natalie Goldberg

This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it.

— Natalie Goldberg

To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.

— Natalie Goldberg

When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do…

— Natalie Goldberg

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away.…

— Natalie Goldberg

The positive thing about writing is that you connect with yourself in the deepest way. You get a chance to know who…

— Natalie Goldberg

“We learn writing by doing it. That simple. We don’t learn by going outside ourselves to authorities we think know about it.”

— Natalie Goldberg

You don't need to go to a therapist, you don't need to do all kinds of things. If you want to write,…

— Natalie Goldberg

There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter…

— Natalie Goldberg

In writing practice, there's no direction. You enter your own mind and follow it where it takes you. We have a great…

— Natalie Goldberg

So writing is not just writing. It is also having a relationship with other writers. And don't be jealous, especially secretly. That's…

— Natalie Goldberg

It used to be with chocolate. I would put chocolate in my studio and say, "You know, Nat, there's this chocolate you…

— Natalie Goldberg

I write because I am alone and move through the world alone. No one will know what has passed through me... I…

— Natalie Goldberg

We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your…

— Natalie Goldberg

As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest…

— Natalie Goldberg

I hear people say they're going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements. Indefinite plans get dubious results. When…

— Natalie Goldberg

“I met a doctor the other night who told me he had always wanted to be a writer. I nodded. People always…

— Natalie Goldberg

I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around."…

— Natalie Goldberg

We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even…

— Natalie Goldberg

“One of my writing students sent me an article about Kincaid in The New York Times: “I’m not writing for anyone at…

— Natalie Goldberg

It's okay to embark on writing because you think it will get you love. At least it gets you going, but it…

— Natalie Goldberg

“We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers…

— Natalie Goldberg

Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.

— Natalie Goldberg

Read books. They are good for us.

— Natalie Goldberg

While I had cancer, I wrote these twenty-two personal essays about how I lived my life backed by Zen and writing.

— Natalie Goldberg

The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself.

— Natalie Goldberg

“OK, now write for ten minutes, keep the hand moving, tell me what you carry.”

— Natalie Goldberg