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
attitude writing expectations
When you write, don't say, "I'm going to write a poem." That attitude will freeze you right away. Sit down with the least expectation of yourself; say, "I am free to write the worst junk in the world."
appreciation cutting people
Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.
practice matter next
It is simply that person's time. Ours will come in this lifetime or the next. No matter. Continue to practice.
writing world steps
In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write.
writing dignity speak-the-truth
Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth ...
book writing practice
[T]he one thing I want for you is to recognize when you are really singing in writing practice and honor that. Trust that. When you were screaming on the page. Maybe that doesn't make a whole book but that is the true seed.
writing use shut-up
Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.
self details conscious
Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious.
writing mcdonalds hamburgers
Writing is not a McDonald’s Hamburger..
notebook running cutting
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 meander in my discursive thoughts. I could have cut through sooner. Yet it is good to know about our terrible selves, not laud or criticize them, just acknowledge them. Then, out of this knowledge, we are better equipped to make a choice for beauty, kind consideration and clear truth. We make this choice with our feet firmly on the ground. We are not running wildly after beauty with fear at our backs.
book writing past
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 by how few people -- people who supposedly want to write -- read books, and if they read them, how little they examine them.
writing mind taste
When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind
dream writing black-and-white
Once you have learned to trust your own voice and allowed that creative force inside you to come out, you can direct it to write short stories, novels, and poetry, do revisions, and so on. You have the basic tool to fulfill your writing dreams. But beware. This type of writing will uncover other dreams you have, too-going to Tibet, being the first woman president of the United States, building a solar studio in New Mexico-and they will be in black and white. It will be harder to avoid them.
effort matter swagger
Don't let yourself be thrown away....Continue on no matter what....Continue to make a positive effort for the good.