Failing Quote by Natalie Goldberg Download Open image “The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself.” — Natalie Goldberg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Failing Failure Writing
Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
If you write a hundred short stories and they're all bad, that doesn't mean you've failed. You fail only if you stop writing. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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I don't buy into the word "failure." I used to but not anymore. Trying not to fail is the opposite of art. — Robert Piper Copy Share Image
I, myself, have had many failures and I've learned that if you are not failing a lot, you are probably not being as creative… — John Backus Copy Share Image
You don't write for success. That takes part of your attention away from the writing. If you're really doing it, that's all you're doing:… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
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“We heard about people who go back to their roots. That is good, but don't get stuck in the root. There is the branch,… — Natalie Goldberg 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 like drinking… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time at my… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Actually, when I look at my old notebooks, I think I have been a bit self-indulgent and have given myself too much time to… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee grinds, and old steak bones… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing. — Natalie Goldberg 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 been astonished… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“When you draw and pay attention to what is, it's a form of being present. This inspires the mind, makes it happy, and the… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Poetry is a dumb Buddha who thinks a donkey is as important as a diamond. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I told all kinds of stories about going to Japan, about playing ball with my father... I wanted to record my life in case… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“No matter what a person does to cover up and conceal themselves, when we write and lose control, I can spot a person from… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
I would warn against holsters with devices for quick-draw. Devices always fail when you need them most. — William Powell Copy Share Image
You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room.… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I wake up every morning fearing I am going to fail. But I love a challenge, big or small. There's so much I want… — Michelle Mone Copy Share Image
