Natalie Goldberg Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Writing, Ifs

  Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.67, Shambhala Publications

• Read books. They are good for us.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Library

  Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life”, p.40, Open Road Media

• 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.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Writing, Past

  Natalie Goldberg (2001). “Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft”, Bantam

• To encounter a fine book and have time to read it is a wonderful thing.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Encounters, Wonderful

• The odd thing is, that I wrote The Great Spring while I had cancer and it's not about cancer. It was after I was done with cancer that I wrote a book about it.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Spring, Cancer, Book

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

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

  Natalie Goldberg

  Fun, Book, Thinking

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

• Friends open the door for me to write. Then I get paid attention to and it allows me to write other books. The Great Spring and the thirtieth anniversary of Bones just came out and while I'm happy and excited about that, I've already finished a new book. That's what practice does. You don't get caught.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Spring, Book, Writing

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

• I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass of water just once in our lives. A book can be that essential, too.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Reading, Glasses

  Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft”, p.122, Open Road Media

• I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around." The publishing world is a business, but it's not any big deal. An editor is not your guru. Your agent is not your guru.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Writing, Editors

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

• Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Ice Cream, Sorrow

  Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft”, p.87, Open Road Media

• [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.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Writing, Practice

• Let's say I've directed that [writing] energy into writing my latest book but suddenly, I really want to write about an onion. I don't say to myself, "No, you have stay on the subject," because I know that the longer I stay on the subject the more boring I get. So, if my mind wants to write about an onion, it might be a deeper way to go into what I'm working on, even though it might seem irrelevant. This is how I've learned to follow my mind.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Writing, Mind

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

• I came out with a book called The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language. It's a book that describes how writing is a practice and how my teaching is part of that practice. I direct the writing and create books but underneath, there's always the river of practice happening. No good, no bad. Just do it.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Teaching, Book, Writing

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

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