Top 22 Quotes by 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.

Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.

Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.

Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back.

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

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.

Read books. They are good for us.

There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.

I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.

A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.