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
falling-in-love trying legs
Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, or drop a jar of applesauce.
inspirational writing stories
One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters.
cancer spring book
The odd thing is, that I wrote The Great Spring while I had cancer and it's not about cancer. It was after I was done with cancer that I wrote a book about it.
creativity ifs
All of us can create if we allow ourselves to.
struggle differences neurosis
The difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle.
moving hands
keep your hand moving
book teaching writing
I came out with a book called The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. It's a book that describes how writing is a practice and how my teaching is part of that practice. I direct the writing and create books but underneath, there's always the river of practice happening. No good, no bad. Just do it.
firsts graduates grades
We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning.
writing uptight tables
Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing table.
letting-go spring fall
Tulips come up in spring for no reason. Of course, you planted bulbs and now in April the earth warms up. But why? For no reason except gravity. Why gravity? For no reason. And why did you plant red tulip bulbs to begin with? For beauty, which is itself and has no reason. So the world is empty. Things rise and fall for no reason. And what a great opportunity that is! You can start writing again at any minute. Let go of all your failures and sit down and write something great. Or write something terrible and feel great about it.
writing
When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you.
creativity bigs deals
Creativity is no big deal.
teacher knowledge west
In the West, a teacher imparts knowledge to a student. In the East, a teacher transmits nothing more or less than his or her Being.
writing failing
The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it. Then you fail yourself.