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 GoldbergThe positive thing about writing is that you connect with yourself in the deepest way. You get a chance to know who you are, to know what you think. You begin to have a relationship with your mind.
Natalie GoldbergI don't know anything but writing practice, and so what I really do is direct that energy as if it were flowing down a river.
Natalie GoldbergI love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You're studying their mind when you read their work.
Natalie Goldberg