The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does. Natalie Goldberg Read Quote
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you’re writing, ask yourself what’s bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you. Natalie Goldberg Read Quote
Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth. Natalie Goldberg Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I don’t feel good, I look in the mirror and think I look fat and miserable. But when I feel good and whole, I’m not worried about my body because I’m living in it. It doesn’t become an object. Natalie Goldberg Read Quote
That’s very nice if they want to publish you, but don’t pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write. Natalie Goldberg Read Quote
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. Natalie Goldberg Read Quote
