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Literature gives us the great gift of the present moment.

Natalie Goldberg

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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Brooklyn
New York
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Learning to write is not a linear process. There is no logical A-to-B-to-C way to become a good writer. One neat truth about writing cannot answer it all. There are many truths. To do writing practice means to deal ultimately with your whole life.
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Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.
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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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You don't know what you're doing. You're just hoping that people won't make fun of you. I had no idea how it would turn out.
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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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Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.
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I had cancer for fourteen months and wrote a memoir about the experience.
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Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak.
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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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We should notice that we are already supported at every moment. There is the earth below our feet and there is the air, filling our lungs and emptying them. We should begin from this when we need support.
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Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it
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As writers we need to crack open language.
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Finally, one just has to shut up, sit down, and write.
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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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Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.
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Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.
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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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I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.
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Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.
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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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