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As writers we need to crack open language.

Natalie Goldberg

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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poems are small moments of enlightenment
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Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.
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We walk through so many myths of each other and ourselves we are so thankful when someone sees us for who we are and accepts us.
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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.
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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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It is simply that person's time. Ours will come in this lifetime or the next. No matter. Continue to practice.
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Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.
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To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.
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We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close.
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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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Poetry has never been a favorite American pastime.
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I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us to love something for no reason. That's the best kind of love.
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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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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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Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking water.
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When you write, don't say, I'm going to write a poem. That attitude will freeze you right away. Sit down with the least expectation of yourself say, I am free to write the worst junk in the world.
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Wherein we discover that many of the rules for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think.
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It is very important to go home if you want your work to be whole. You don't have to move in with your parents again and collect a weekly allowance, but you must claim where you come from and look deep into it. Come to honor and embrace it, or at the least, accept it.
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When I wrote and got out of the way, writing did writing.” (p.90)
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Writing is not a McDonald's Hamburger.
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