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Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.

Natalie Goldberg

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 77
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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Novelist
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Brooklyn
New York
Present
Literature
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Indefinite plans get dubious results.
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Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.
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Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.
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In the end, you have to just sit down, shut up, and write.
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This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.
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The difference between neurosis and wisdom is struggle.
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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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