It’s much better to be a tribal writer, writing for all people and reflecting many voices through us, than to be a cloistered being trying to find one peanut of truth in our own individual mind. Become big and write with the whole world in your arms.
Natalie GoldbergOriginal details are very ordinary, except to the mind that sees extraordinariness. it's not that we need to go to the Hopi mesas to see greatness; we need to view what we already have in a different way.
Natalie GoldbergTrust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
Natalie GoldbergOne poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters.
Natalie Goldberg