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I love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You're studying their mind when you read their work.

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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Brooklyn
New York
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Oh, my passion! That is what finally carried me through. Let passion burn all the way, heating up every layer of the psyche.
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When you are present, the world is truly alive.
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I am free to write the worst junk in the world.
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When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you.
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