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—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "It is simply that person's time. Ours will come in this lifetime or the next. No matter. Continue to practice."

It is simply that person's time. Ours will come in this lifetime or the next. No matter. Continue to practice.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth."

Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.




—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does."

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Great lovers realize that they are what they are in love with."

Great lovers realize that they are what they are in love with.




—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous."

When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else."

Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "The difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle."

The difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle.




—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure."

When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment."

Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Poetry is a dumb Buddha who thinks a donkey is as important as a diamond."

Poetry is a dumb Buddha who thinks a donkey is as important as a diamond.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass of water just once in our lives. A book can be that essential, too."

I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass of water just once in our lives. A book can be that essential, too.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "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."

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.




—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die."

Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "I love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You're studying their mind when you read their work."

I love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You're studying their mind when you read their work.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it"

Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back."

Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth."

Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "When you are present, the world is truly alive."

When you are present, the world is truly alive.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "The positive thing about writing is that you connect with yourself in the deepest way. You get a chance to know who you are, to know what you think. You begin to have a relationship with your mind."

The positive thing about writing is that you connect with yourself in the deepest way. You get a chance to know who you are, to know what you think. You begin to have a relationship with your mind.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Indefinite plans get dubious results."

Indefinite plans get dubious results.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "At the moment our rational mind stops, hits against a wall ... something else happens. And a bigger mind, like a pearl, rolls in a silver bowl."

At the moment our rational mind stops, hits against a wall ... something else happens. And a bigger mind, like a pearl, rolls in a silver bowl.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in."

Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "As writers we need to crack open language."

As writers we need to crack open language.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "We shouldn't forget that the universe moves with us, is at our back with everything we do."

We shouldn't forget that the universe moves with us, is at our back with everything we do.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Writing is the crack through which you can crawl into a bigger world, into your wild mind."

Writing is the crack through which you can crawl into a bigger world, into your wild mind.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity."

There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "To stay close and intimate with experience is to stay close to the mind; the nitty gritty mind of the way things really are."

To stay close and intimate with experience is to stay close to the mind; the nitty gritty mind of the way things really are.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "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."

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.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Clarity and perseverance are difficult in American society because the basis of capitalism is greed and dissatisfaction."

Clarity and perseverance are difficult in American society because the basis of capitalism is greed and dissatisfaction.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write."

In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking water."

Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking water.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us to love something for no reason. That's the best kind of love."

I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us to love something for no reason. That's the best kind of love.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore."

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Writing is not a McDonald's Hamburger."

Writing is not a McDonald's Hamburger.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious."

Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "In the end, you have to just sit down, shut up, and write."

In the end, you have to just sit down, shut up, and write.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience."

I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing."

To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "In a way, the cancer became an ally because it stopped me from running around so much. I was able to settle down and write things I hadn't had a chance to before."

In a way, the cancer became an ally because it stopped me from running around so much. I was able to settle down and write things I hadn't had a chance to before.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Don't let yourself be thrown away....Continue on no matter what....Continue to make a positive effort for the good."

Don't let yourself be thrown away....Continue on no matter what....Continue to make a positive effort for the good.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "If you love the work, it will love you back."

If you love the work, it will love you back.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Poetry has never been a favorite American pastime."

Poetry has never been a favorite American pastime.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time at my real work."

I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time at my real work.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it."

This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "Read books. They are good for us."

Read books. They are good for us.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you."

When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning."

We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning.



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind"

When we write we begin to taste the texture of our own mind



—Natalie Goldberg Quotes: "One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters."

One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters.