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
teacher mind literature
I love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You're studying their mind when you read their work.
writing acceptance order
We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Don’t wait for one hundred percent acceptance of yourself before you write, or even eight percent acceptance. Just write. The process of writing is an activity that teaches us about acceptance.
dream writing thinking
It's okay to embark on writing because you think it will get you love. At least it gets you going, but it doesn't last. After a while you realize that no one cares that much. Then you find another reason: money. You can dream on that one while the bills pile up. Then you think: "Well, I'm the sensitive type. I have to express myself." Do me a favor. Don't be so sensitive. Be tough. It will get you further along when you get rejected. Finally, you just do it because you happen to like it.
good-times enjoyment dies
You live and then you die, I thought. It's good to have some good times.
taken angel thinking
If I didn't have that, fear and projections over what was coming next could have taken over. But it was tough. Don't think I was an angel. It was hell.
strong hurt real
I write because I am alone and move through the world alone. No one will know what has passed through me... I write because there are stories that people have forgotten to tell, because I am a woman trying to stand up in my life... I write out of hurt and how to make hurt okay; how to make myself strong and come home, and it may be the only real home I'll ever have.
writing quality doe
The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
connections details stories
You'll lose your reader if you are vague, not clear, and not present. We love details, personal connections, stories.
long circumstances
Because I've been doing my practice for so long, I knew what to do even under really hard circumstances.
writing way
When I wrote and got out of the way, writing did writing.” (p.90)
book writing ifs
If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.
cancer writing
So even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day.
writing discovery
Writing is the act of discovery.
life stress lying
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.