One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
You'll lose your reader if you are vague, not clear, and not present. We love details, personal connections, stories. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I told all kinds of stories about going to Japan, about playing ball with my father... I wanted to record my life… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I write because I am alone and move through the world alone. No one will know what has passed through me... I… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest… — Natalie Goldberg 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
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 heard about people who go back to their roots. That is good, but don't get stuck in the root. There is the branch,… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time at my… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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… — Natalie Goldberg 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 steak bones… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“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… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Poetry is a dumb Buddha who thinks a donkey is as important as a diamond. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I told all kinds of stories about going to Japan, about playing ball with my father... I wanted to record my life in case… — 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 person from… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
