Natalie Goldberg Quotes

Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.

Natalie Goldberg

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• The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Why
  • May
  • Book

• Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Life
  • Art
  • Extraordinary

• I like sitting close to windows.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Like
  • Sitting
  • Windows

• Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Day
  • Democracy
  • Everyday

• All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Beginning
  • Idea
  • Riches

• The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Job
  • Interesting
  • Persistence

• If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter a new era in which there is much less trade and much less economic growth. It would be, by most accounts, the largest self-imposed financial disaster in history.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • World
  • American
  • History

• I have a great office.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Great
  • Office

• If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Man
  • Himself
  • Complain

• I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.

  

  Gail Carriger
  • Science
  • Science fiction

• I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Know
  • Never
  • Going

• Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.

  

  Madhur Mittal
  • Character
  • American
  • Strong

• In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?

  

  Sam Yagan
  • Question
  • Dating
  • Take

• Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Girl
  • You
  • Waiting

• You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Good
  • Know
  • Size

• I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Food
  • Running
  • Improvement

• When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Game
  • Want
  • Kind

• I don't think it's ever changed, whether its Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Zeppelin, Guns n' Roses or anyone today, the reason why you get into music is because you love it, and if you're good at it, that's a plus.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Good
  • Music
  • Think

• On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Simple
  • Acting
  • Stage

• If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, you'll see something of the difference between Homer's poetry and anyone else's. There seem to be real leaves still alive in the 'Iliad,' real animals, real people, real light attending everything.

  

  Alice Oswald
  • People
  • Real
  • Light

• Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.

  

  Zane Grey
  • Good

• I'm an enormous fan of Ron Howard. I mean, he's the most extraordinary director.

  

  Georgina Chapman
  • Director
  • Fan
  • Ron Howard

• Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.

  

  Natalie Goldberg
  • Important
  • Writing
  • Mind