Natalie Goldberg

When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.

Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

There is a term called political correctness, and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowardice.