When I wrote and got out of the way, writing did writing.” (p.90) — Natalie Goldberg Way Copy Share Image
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 Accepting Copy Share Image
We walk through so many myths of each other and ourselves; we are so thankful when someone sees us for who we… — Natalie Goldberg Accepting Copy Share Image
It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing… — Natalie Goldberg Feasibility Copy Share Image
Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back. — Natalie Goldberg Always running Copy Share Image
Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart. — Natalie Goldberg Connected Copy Share Image
Writing practice brings us back to the uniqueness of our own minds and an acceptance of it. We all have wild dreams,… — Natalie Goldberg Acceptance Copy Share Image
Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery. — Natalie Goldberg Discovery Copy Share Image
Can we walk that thin line between constant change and continuation? And in the middle of this flux, feel gratitude but not… — Natalie Goldberg Change Copy Share Image
In the West, a teacher imparts knowledge to a student. In the East, a teacher transmits nothing more or less than his… — Natalie Goldberg East Copy Share Image
“...we live on the edge of the abstract all the time. Look at something solid in the known world: an automobile. Separate… — Natalie Goldberg Abstract Copy Share Image
After you have finished a piece of work, the work is then none of your business. Go on and do something else. — Natalie Goldberg Business Copy Share Image
Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth. — Natalie Goldberg Appreciation Copy Share Image
Because I've been doing my practice for so long, I knew what to do even under really hard circumstances. — Natalie Goldberg Circumstances Copy Share Image
Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open. — Natalie Goldberg Fear Copy Share Image
Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things… — Natalie Goldberg Details Copy Share Image
The difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle. — Natalie Goldberg Differences Copy Share Image
So even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day. — Natalie Goldberg Bears Copy Share Image
Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I… — Natalie Goldberg Body Copy Share Image
“My teachers could have been Jesse James for all the time they stole from me.” — Natalie Goldberg Time Copy Share Image
“That yes you commit to as reader and writer is the current that hums through all the work. Of course, you might… — Natalie Goldberg Bald eagle Copy Share Image
