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I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky.

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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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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As writers we need to crack open language.
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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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Really you don't need more information. If you've lived twenty years, you probably have enough material for the rest of your life
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In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have been astonished by how few people -- people who supposedly want to write -- read books, and if they read them, how little they examine them.
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Creativity is no big deal.
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Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.
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It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.
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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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[T]he one thing I want for you is to recognize when you are really singing in writing practice and honor that. Trust that. When you were screaming on the page. Maybe that doesn't make a whole book but that is the true seed.
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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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It is very important to go home if you want your work to be whole. You don't have to move in with your parents again and collect a weekly allowance, but you must claim where you come from and look deep into it. Come to honor and embrace it, or at the least, accept it.
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This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it.
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I still write with pen and paper and have someone type it on a computer. But rewriting I do by hand.
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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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To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.
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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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Indefinite plans get dubious results.
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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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Kill the idea of the lone, suffering artist. Don't make it any harder on yourself.
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