We are searching for the core of our lives; our culture intuits that writing, that ancient activity, might be the pathway...Awakening does not feed ego's needs and desires; it pulverizes the self. Our society couldn't knowingly bear such reduction, so we've tricked ourselves into the same path but call it writing.
Natalie GoldbergActually, every time we begin, we wonder how we did it before, Each time is a new journey with no maps.
Natalie GoldbergIt is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.
Natalie GoldbergThis is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.
Natalie Goldberg