Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldbergis an American popular New Age author and speaker She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
writing play fearless
Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.
writing computer pens
I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand.
creativity moments present-moment
Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.
writing down-and shut-up
Finally, one just has to shut up, sit down, and write.
writing waiting speak
Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak.
way tough blades-of-grass
Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it.
nice writing want
That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.
heart winter sorrow
Our lives are at once ordinary and mythical. At the same instant we have these magnificent hearts that pump through all sorrow and all winters we are alive on the earth.
writing thinking practice
What writing practice, like Zen practice does is bring you back to the natural state of mind...The mind is raw, full of energy, alive and hungry. It does not think in the way we were brought up to think-well-mann ered, congenial.
book writing world
I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around." The publishing world is a business, but it's not any big deal. An editor is not your guru. Your agent is not your guru.
stress earth forget
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath.
ideas able slow-down
The harder you chase something, the faster you go and the less you're able to let life meet life. If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down...
drinking artist suffering
Katagiri Roshi says: "Poor artists. They suffer very much. They finish a masterpiece and they are not satisfied. They want to go on and do another." Yes, but it's better to go on and do another if you have the urge than to start drinking and become alcoholic or eat a pound of good fudge and get fat.
spring book writing
Friends open the door for me to write. Then I get paid attention to and it allows me to write other books. The Great Spring and the thirtieth anniversary of Bones just came out and while I'm happy and excited about that, I've already finished a new book. That's what practice does. You don't get caught.