People Quotes by Natalie Goldberg

9 People quotes by Natalie Goldberg

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Natalie Goldberg’s nine concise reflections on people blend poetic spontaneity with grounded observation. The short list feels like a quick, inspiring pause to consider everyday moments.

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Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

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A responsibility of literature is to make people awake, present, alive. If the writer wanders, then the reader, too, will wander.

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When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret,…

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You don't know what you're doing. You're just hoping that people won't make fun of you. I had no idea how it…

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

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

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

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Sometimes people say to me, “I want to write, but I have five kids, a full-time job, a wife who beats me,…

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It’s much better to be a tribal writer, writing for all people and reflecting many voices through us, than to be a…

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Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking…

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I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time at my…

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Actually, when I look at my old notebooks, I think I have been a bit self-indulgent and have given myself too much time to…

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Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee grinds, and old steak bones…

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Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you.

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

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

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“When you draw and pay attention to what is, it's a form of being present. This inspires the mind, makes it happy, and the…

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Poetry is a dumb Buddha who thinks a donkey is as important as a diamond.

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I told all kinds of stories about going to Japan, about playing ball with my father... I wanted to record my life in case…

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“No matter what a person does to cover up and conceal themselves, when we write and lose control, I can spot a person from…

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To stay close and intimate with experience is to stay close to the mind; the nitty gritty mind of the way things really are.

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I read Eve Ensler and thought it was fabulous. Not only that, but it was really the only thing I could relate to about…

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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like…

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