Poems are taught as though the poet has put a secret key in his words and it is the reader's job to… — Natalie Goldberg Books Copy Share Image
Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else. — Natalie Goldberg Creativity 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 Belly 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 Education Copy Share Image
I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of… — Natalie Goldberg Being 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 Done 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 Bills Copy Share Image
The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does. — Natalie Goldberg Correctness Copy Share Image
“Own anything you want in your writing and then let it go.” — Natalie Goldberg Writing 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 Dripping 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 Excuse 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 Die 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 Agents 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 More time 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 Answers Copy Share Image
You live and then you die, I thought. It's good to have some good times. — Natalie Goldberg Enjoyment Copy Share Image
It is simply that person's time. Ours will come in this lifetime or the next. No matter. Continue to practice. — Natalie Goldberg Lifetime Copy Share Image
The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world. — Natalie Goldberg Heart 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 Cancer 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
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. — Natalie Goldberg Believe Copy Share Image
We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close. — Natalie Goldberg Extraordinary Copy Share Image
