Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious. — Natalie Goldberg Awake 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
Great lovers realize that they are what they are in love with. — Natalie Goldberg Great love Copy Share Image
We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even… — Natalie Goldberg Acceptance Copy Share Image
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 Important 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 Hope 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 Every moment 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 Activity Copy Share Image
And we can't avoid an inch of our own experience; if we do it causes a blur, a bleep, a puffy unreality.… — Natalie Goldberg Blur Copy Share Image
When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you. — Natalie Goldberg Funny Copy Share Image
Clarity and perseverance are difficult in American society because the basis of capitalism is greed and dissatisfaction. — Natalie Goldberg American society Copy Share Image
This is what metaphor is. It is not saying that an ant is an elephant. Perhaps; both are alive. No. Metaphor is… — Natalie Goldberg Alive Copy Share Image
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything… — Natalie Goldberg Earth Copy Share Image
We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. — Natalie Goldberg Firsts 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
We should notice that we are already supported at every moment. There is the earth below our feet and there is the… — Natalie Goldberg Air Copy Share Image
I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be… — Natalie Goldberg Earth Copy Share Image
Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak. — Natalie Goldberg Hungry Copy Share Image
There is no security, no assurance that because we wrote something good two months ago, we will do it again. Actually, every… — Natalie Goldberg Assurance 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 Being jealous 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 Chocolate 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 Books 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 Good sex Copy Share Image
