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Kill the idea of the lone, suffering artist. Don't make it any harder on yourself.

Natalie Goldberg

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Kill
Harder
Suffering
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Artist
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Lone

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