Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“It is our hope that writing releases us. Instead maybe it deepens the echo. We call out to our past and the… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“As writers we are always seeking support. First we should notice that we are already supported every moment. There is the earth… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“What writing practice, like Zen practice does is bring you back to the natural state of mind…The mind is raw, full of… — Natalie Goldberg 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I wonder if I don't give too much of myself to writing: I am always half where I am; the other half… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“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 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
The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Too often we take notes on writing, we think about writing but never do it. I want you to walk into the… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Finally, if you want to write, you have to just shut up, pick up a pen, and do it. I'm sorry there… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at… — 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
The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I don't mean to be flippant about cancer - it was hard, it was tough and it was scary. Then my next… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure. — 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
