Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. — Natalie Goldberg Believe Copy Share Image
Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it. — Natalie Goldberg Shut up Copy Share Image
Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it — Natalie Goldberg Care Copy Share Image
I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky. — Natalie Goldberg Book 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 Books Copy Share Image
Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. — Natalie Goldberg Continue Copy Share Image
“And don't worry too much about security. You will eventually have a deep security when you begin to do what you want.” — Natalie Goldberg Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Really you don't need more information. If you've lived twenty years, you probably have enough material for the rest of your life — Natalie Goldberg Enough Copy Share Image
We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. — Natalie Goldberg Details Copy Share Image
Don't let yourself be thrown away…Continue on no matter what…Continue to make a positive effort for the good. — Natalie Goldberg Continue 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… — Natalie Goldberg Ashamed Copy Share Image
In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write. — Natalie Goldberg Chaos Copy Share Image
Katagiri Roshi says: "Poor artists. They suffer very much. They finish a masterpiece and they are not satisfied. They want to go… — Natalie Goldberg Alcoholics Copy Share Image
Friends open the door for me to write. Then I get paid attention to and it allows me to write other books.… — Natalie Goldberg Attention Copy Share Image
There's an old adage in writing: 'Don't tell, but show.' Writing is not psychology. We do not talk 'about' feelings. Instead the… — Natalie Goldberg Adages Copy Share Image
Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with… — Natalie Goldberg Activity Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's… — Natalie Goldberg Beginning 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
In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have… — Natalie Goldberg Book Copy Share Image
Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. And don't worry… — Natalie Goldberg Cybersecurity 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 Coming home Copy Share Image
First, consider the pen you write with. It should be a fast-writing pen because your thoughts are always much faster than your… — Natalie Goldberg Able Copy Share Image
Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose… — Natalie Goldberg Appearance 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 Biting Copy Share Image
We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your… — Natalie Goldberg Artistic Copy Share Image
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 Alleviate Copy Share Image
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 Daydreaming Copy Share Image
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 Art Copy Share Image
A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world. — Natalie Goldberg Books Copy Share Image
Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious. — Natalie Goldberg Awake Copy Share Image
Great lovers realize that they are what they are in love with. — Natalie Goldberg Great love Copy Share Image
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. — Natalie Goldberg Breath Copy Share Image
So even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day. — Natalie Goldberg Bears Copy Share Image
