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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.

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.
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I have students that I tell, If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around. The publishing world is a business, but it's not any big deal. An editor is not your guru. Your agent is not your guru.
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Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write. Say yes, stay alive, be awake. Just write. Just write. Just write.
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