Natalie Goldberg

The True Secret of Writing

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  • forgetenothas quoted9 years ago
    I’ll tell you a terrible truth: I do not like dogs.
  • forgetenothas quoted9 years ago
    Human beings have a gap—between who we think we are and who we really are.
  • forgetenothas quoted9 years ago
    Including writing practice in your daily life cuts through repetitious, obsessive thinking. Writing down those scenarios, pouring out your immediate thoughts on the page, either wipes them out—they’re said, done, expressed—or helps you to make sense of them, integrating them into your synapses and muscles.
  • missouinezhas quoted8 years ago
    Married a rabbi; still a feminist
    Money was the currency of control
    Once handicapped now disabled still human
    Walks and talks like real person
    Cross eyed, pigeon toed, smart though
    Cats dogs lovers kids more dogs
    I am always changing my mind
    Grandmother, no education; granddaughter, no limits
  • missouinezhas quoted8 years ago
    “You have five minutes. Don’t think. Write several. Then see which one you like best.”
    Here are some they wrote:
    My singing voice was never heard
    Sorta kinda wanna whata wobbly wow
    Fixer upper: don’t inspect too closely
    You can’t take me with you
    24 addresses but still no home
    Brooklyn girl makes good: parents dumbfounded
    Dear Abby, free advice, unsolicited usually
    Car for sale no wheels included
    Walking time bomb needs handsome detonator
    Is this boat sailing to somewhere?
    Spiritual one in family of mathematicians
    Barbed wire pricked my American blood
    His round ass makes me salivate
    The child looked up and screamed
    So long, thanks for the attention
    Half a memoir: oh poor me
    You’re pretty in your own way
    Lie to father, now to self
    Why do newspapers have to die?
    Bitch, Benefactor, Racist, Homophobe, Beauty: Mother
    Laziness or fatigue: Does it Matter?
  • missouinezhas quoted8 years ago
    What if you have no car and don’t need any gas, how much would it cost?
    What if Eve didn’t eat the apple, what would happen?
    Ethnic joke: What happens if you get the wong number? (Chinese)
    What’s worth more than everything?
    What did Hitler say about his Jewish ancestry?
    What did a drunken driver do when he saw a stop sign?
    What did the Indians feel thankful for on Thanksgiving?
    What did the man confess when his girlfriend called on his wife’s phone?
    What’s greater than everything?
    What do you say in a silent retreat?
    What do you want to eat when you’ve had too much?
  • missouinezhas quoted8 years ago
    What does everyone want to lose? Nothing, we screamed.
    What costs less than a penny? Nothing, we screeched.
  • forgetenothas quoted9 years ago
    That’s how we learn writing, not through intellectualization, but we write through the whole body.
  • forgetenothas quoted9 years ago
    only one koan matters
    you
  • forgetenothas quoted9 years ago
    I’d sacrifice anything for a good story.
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