“I'm going to be focused on doing everything I possibly can to help solve the climate crisis.” Quote by Al Gore
“I don't know anything but writing practice, and so what I really do is direct that energy as if it were flowing down a river.” IfsKnowsWritingEnergyPracticeRiversDirect Author:Natalie Goldberg
“Let's say I've directed that [writing] energy into writing my latest book but suddenly, I really want to write about an onion. I don't say to myself, "No, you have stay on the subject," because I know that the longer I stay on the subject the more boring I get. So, if my mind wants to write about an onion, it might be a deeper way to go into what I'm working on, even though it might seem irrelevant. This is how I've learned to follow my mind.” IfsKnowsWayWantWritingMindBookSeemsMightEnergySubjectsBoringDeeperI've LearnedIrrelevantOnions Author:Natalie Goldberg
“I came out with a book called The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. It's a book that describes how writing is a practice and how my teaching is part of that practice. I direct the writing and create books but underneath, there's always the river of practice happening. No good, no bad. Just do it.” WritingBookLanguageSecretPracticeTeachingHappeningsRiversDirectConnectingJust Do It Author:Natalie Goldberg
“Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.” WritingShut Up Author:Natalie Goldberg
“Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.” ThinkingShouldWritingFirstsWellsReasonPlayActivityFirst TimeTennisAthletic Author:Natalie Goldberg
“You don't need to go to a therapist, you don't need to do all kinds of things. If you want to write, you physically have to do it.” IfsWantNeedsWritingKindAll KindsTherapists Author:Natalie Goldberg
“Really you don't need more information. If you've lived twenty years, you probably have enough material for the rest of your life” IfsNeedsYearsEnoughInformationMaterialsTwentiesRest Of Your Life Author:Natalie Goldberg
“I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience.” MonthsCancerMemoirFourteen Author:Natalie Goldberg
“I read Eve Ensler and thought it was fabulous. Not only that, but it was really the only thing I could relate to about cancer.” CancerRelateFabulous Author:Natalie Goldberg
