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Anything we fully do is an alone journey.

Natalie Goldberg

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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Brooklyn
New York
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Alone
Anything
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The problem is we think we exist.
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We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning.
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Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.
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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.
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Don't let yourself be thrown away....Continue on no matter what....Continue to make a positive effort for the good.
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Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.
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Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it
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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.
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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.
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Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.
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I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.
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If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.
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Creativity is no big deal.
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One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters.
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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.
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Kill the idea of the lone, suffering artist. Don't make it any harder on yourself.
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Really you don't need more information. If you've lived twenty years, you probably have enough material for the rest of your life
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I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand.
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