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This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it.

Natalie Goldberg

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.
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Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.
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I am free to write the worst junk in the world.
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To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.
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Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.
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The problem is we think we exist.
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Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it
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I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky.
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Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we did it before, Each time is a new journey with no maps.
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Kill the idea of the lone, suffering artist. Don't make it any harder on yourself.
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If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of creativity. It has allowed me to open up -- to know that there's life under the earth and that I have to let it come through me in a new way. Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.
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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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We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close.
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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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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
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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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