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
writing uptight tables
Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing table.
block moving writing
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.
alive world
When you are present, the world is truly alive.
walks dies
Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.
jobs home earth
Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.
writing practice pages
I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
creativity bigs deals
Creativity is no big deal.
jobs writing kids
Sometimes people say to me, “I want to write, but I have five kids, a full-time job, a wife who beats me, a tremendous debt to my parents,” and so on. I say to them, “There is no excuse. If you want to write, write. This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don’t wait. Make the time now, even if it is ten minutes once a week.
teacher knowledge west
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.
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.
dubious planning results
Indefinite plans get dubious results.
great-love lovers realizing
Great lovers realize that they are what they are in love with.
giving literature moments
Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.
book ice-cream sorrow
Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.