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
creativity ifs
All of us can create if we allow ourselves to.
creativity bigs deals
Creativity is no big deal.
creativity moments present-moment
Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.
art creativity ideas
If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of creativity. It has allowed me to open up -- to know that there's life under the earth and that I have to let it come through me in a new way. Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.
memories writing creativity
I wonder if I don't give too much of myself to writing: I am always half where I am; the other half is feeding the furnace, kick-starting the heat of creativity. I am making love with someone but at the same time I'm noticing how this graceful hand across my belly might just fit in with the memory of lilacs in Albuquerque in 1974.
along life poems process sane trying
It's the process of writing and life that matters... We are trying to become sane along with our poems and stories.
book face failure great human love written
I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.
passion layers way
Oh, my passion! That is what finally carried me through. Let passion burn all the way, heating up every layer of the psyche.
love-you working-it ifs
If you love the work, it will love you back.
writing demand behinds
Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you.
writing mind cracks
Writing is the crack through which you can crawl into a bigger world, into your wild mind.
writing discovery mind
Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery.
jobs keys poetry
Poems are taught as though the poet has put a secret key in his words and it is the reader's job to find it. Poems are not mystery novels.
writing compassion fields
Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.