Book Quotes by Natalie Goldberg

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of…

— Natalie Goldberg

If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.

— Natalie Goldberg

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a…

— Natalie Goldberg

I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky.

— Natalie Goldberg

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

— Natalie Goldberg

[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

I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass…

— 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

The odd thing is, that I wrote The Great Spring while I had cancer and it's not about cancer. It was after…

— Natalie Goldberg

In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have…

— Natalie Goldberg

I came out with a book called The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. It's a book that describes how…

— Natalie Goldberg

Let's say I've directed that [writing] energy into writing my latest book but suddenly, I really want to write about an onion.…

— Natalie Goldberg

Friends open the door for me to write. Then I get paid attention to and it allows me to write other books.…

— Natalie Goldberg