Natalie Goldberg

“Understanding engenders care.”

— Natalie Goldberg

Anything we fully do is an alone journey.

— Natalie Goldberg

keep your hand moving

— Natalie Goldberg

A writer must say yes to life.

— Natalie Goldberg

Writing is the act of discovery.

— Natalie Goldberg

Writing is not a McDonald’s Hamburger..

— Natalie Goldberg

Read books. They are good for us.

— Natalie Goldberg

poems are small moments of enlightenment

— Natalie Goldberg

I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience.

— Natalie Goldberg

“My teachers could have been Jesse James for all the time they stole from me.”

— Natalie Goldberg

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.

— Natalie Goldberg

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath.

— Natalie Goldberg

So even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day.

— Natalie Goldberg

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

— Natalie Goldberg

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

— Natalie Goldberg

As writers we need to crack open language.

— Natalie Goldberg

This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it.

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

— Natalie Goldberg

If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.

— Natalie Goldberg

My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create…

— Natalie Goldberg

The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.

— Natalie Goldberg

Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.

— Natalie Goldberg

I don't know anything but writing practice, and so what I really do is direct that energy as if it were flowing…

— Natalie Goldberg

We should notice that we are already supported at every moment. There is the earth below our feet and there is the…

— Natalie Goldberg

Our lives are at once ordinary and mythical. At the same instant we have these magnificent hearts that pump through all sorrow…

— Natalie Goldberg

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

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

When you write, don't say, "I'm going to write a poem." That attitude will freeze you right away. Sit down with the…

— Natalie Goldberg

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

— Natalie Goldberg

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

“We must become writers who accept things as they are, come to love the details, and step forward with a yes on…

— Natalie Goldberg

“As writers we are always seeking support. First we should notice that we are already supported every moment. There is the earth…

— Natalie Goldberg

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

— Natalie Goldberg

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

— Natalie Goldberg

“...we live on the edge of the abstract all the time. Look at something solid in the known world: an automobile. Separate…

— Natalie Goldberg

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

— Natalie Goldberg

That daydreaming seemed important at the time, but when I asked my teacher Katagiri Roshi about it, he said, "Oh, it's just…

— Natalie Goldberg

“I met a doctor the other night who told me he had always wanted to be a writer. I nodded. People always…

— Natalie Goldberg

If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of…

— Natalie Goldberg