You live and then you die, I thought. It's good to have some good times. — Natalie Goldberg Enjoyment Copy Share Image
To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing. — Natalie Goldberg Book Copy Share Image
The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“OK, now write for ten minutes, keep the hand moving, tell me what you carry.” — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
The difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle. — Natalie Goldberg Differences Copy Share Image
When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you. — Natalie Goldberg Funny Copy Share Image
Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery. — Natalie Goldberg Discovery Copy Share Image
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Nothing is that important. Just lie down. — Natalie Goldberg Breath Copy Share Image
I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand. — Natalie Goldberg Computer Copy Share Image
Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create… — Natalie Goldberg Anxiety Copy Share Image
The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart. — Natalie Goldberg Attention Copy Share Image
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I read Eve Ensler and thought it was fabulous. Not only that, but it was really the only thing I could relate… — Natalie Goldberg Books Copy Share Image
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 Being jealous Copy Share Image
I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Learning to write is not a linear process. There is no logical A-to-B-to-C way to become a good writer. One neat truth… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
We are searching for the core of our lives; our culture intuits that writing, that ancient activity, might be the pathway...Awakening does… — Natalie Goldberg Ancient Copy Share Image
In writing with detail, you are turning to face the world. It is a deeply political act, because you are not staying… — Natalie Goldberg Bread Copy Share Image
[T]he one thing I want for you is to recognize when you are really singing in writing practice and honor that. Trust… — Natalie Goldberg Book Copy Share Image
It is very important to go home if you want your work to be whole. You don't have to move in with… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Our lives are at once ordinary and mythical. At the same instant we have these magnificent hearts that pump through all sorrow… — Natalie Goldberg Alive Copy Share Image
Tulips come up in spring for no reason. Of course, you planted bulbs and now in April the earth warms up. But… — Natalie Goldberg April Copy Share Image
Once you have learned to trust your own voice and allowed that creative force inside you to come out, you can direct… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
We always worry that we are copying someone else, that we don't have our own style. Don't worry. Writing is a communal… — Natalie Goldberg Arrogant Copy Share Image
Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee grinds, and old… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“That yes you commit to as reader and writer is the current that hums through all the work. Of course, you might… — Natalie Goldberg Bald eagle Copy Share Image
This is what metaphor is. It is not saying that an ant is an elephant. Perhaps; both are alive. No. Metaphor is… — Natalie Goldberg Alive Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“No matter what a person does to cover up and conceal themselves, when we write and lose control, I can spot a… — Natalie Goldberg Air conditioner Copy Share Image
Poetry is a dumb Buddha who thinks a donkey is as important as a diamond. — Natalie Goldberg Diamond Copy Share Image
Kill the idea of the lone, suffering artist. Don't make it any harder on yourself. — Natalie Goldberg Art Copy Share Image
When I wrote and got out of the way, writing did writing.” (p.90) — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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