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
self details conscious
Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious.
writing self ego
We are searching for the core of our lives; our culture intuits that writing, that ancient activity, might be the pathway...Awakening does not feed ego's needs and desires; it pulverizes the self. Our society couldn't knowingly bear such reduction, so we've tricked ourselves into the same path but call it writing.
voice self-hate critics
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.
healing writing self
In writing practice, there's no direction. You enter your own mind and follow it where it takes you. We have a great need to connect with our own mind and our own true self. And all of us have a story to tell.
change opportunity self
Watch yourself. Every minute we change. It is a great opportunity. At any point, we can step out of our frozen selves and our ideas and begin fresh.
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.