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Indefinite plans get dubious results.

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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I read Eve Ensler and thought it was fabulous. Not only that, but it was really the only thing I could relate to about cancer.
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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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There is no security, no assurance that because we wrote something good two months ago, we will do it again. Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we ever did it before.
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Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it.
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Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.
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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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As writers we need to crack open language.
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Creativity is no big deal.
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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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Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.
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Poems are taught as though the poet has put a secret key in his words and it is the reader's job to find it. Poems are not mystery novels.
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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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The harder you chase something, the faster you go and the less you're able to let life meet life. If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down.
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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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