Top 22 Quotes by Natalie Goldberg

About Natalie Goldberg

These are some quotes by American author Natalie Goldberg Author, who was born in 1948.

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

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

Natalie Goldberg

Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I don't feel good, I look in the mirror and think I look fat and miserable. But when I feel good and whole, I'm not worried about my body because I'm living in it. It doesn't become an object.

Natalie Goldberg

Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.

Natalie Goldberg

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

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

Natalie Goldberg

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.

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.

Natalie Goldberg

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.

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.

Natalie Goldberg

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.

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.

Natalie Goldberg

Read books. They are good for us.

Read books. They are good for us.

Natalie Goldberg

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

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

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.

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.

Natalie Goldberg

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