"This is the practice school of writing. Like……" — Natalie Goldberg
"This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it. Some days you don't want to run and you resist every step of the three miles, but you do it anyway. You practice whether you want to or not. You don't wait around for inspiration and a deep desire to run ... That's how writing is too ... One of the main aims in writing practice is to learn to trust your own mind and body; to grow patient and nonaggressive."
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Natalie Goldberg
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118 Quotes by Natalie Goldberg
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