Natalie Goldberg

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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.

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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.

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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.

From Natalie Goldberg

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

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When you are present, the world is truly alive.

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Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.

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Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth.

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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

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That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.

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Read books. They are good for us.

From Natalie Goldberg

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