Natalie Goldberg quotes

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. (Natalie Goldberg)
Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go. View quote
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Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth. View quote
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Anything you do fully is an alone journey. View quote
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Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind. View quote
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out. View quote
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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. View quote
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Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. View quote
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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. View quote
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Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open. View quote
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If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. (Natalie Goldberg)
Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can't forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released. View quote
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Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure. View quote
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My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create anxiety if I do not do it. No one lives up to his ideal. View quote
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Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it. View quote
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I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing what we think, feel, and see before we die. Writing is a path to meet ourselves and become intimate. View quote
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After you have finished a piece of work, the work is then none of your business. Go on and do something else. View quote
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I remember a friend many years ago who had taped a sign to his refrigerator: There's a dream dreaming us. If you try to think about what that means it makes your mind silly, but that silliness is good. View quote
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keep your hand moving. View quote
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Writing is the act of discovery. View quote
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Every moment is enormous and it is all we have. (Natalie Goldberg)
Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you. View quote
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Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness. View quote
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Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die. View quote
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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. View quote
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Natalie Goldberg

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Occupation: American Author
Born: January 4, 1948
Quotes count: 38