Natalie Goldberg Quotes
I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
Quotes to Explore
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
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Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.
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I was raised in a community of Christian orthodoxy that had traveled with my parents to Los Angeles when they moved there for my father's job.
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Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.
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In 2010, you have roughly 38 billion dollars spent by government on cyber and telecoms security and another 60 billion or so by private corporations. So approximately 100 billion dollars spent on security, mostly on technological solutions, which the corporates are offering governments in particular; it's a very high growth area. So everyone is climbing over each other to get the contracts for government procurement on this. There is undoubtedly an element of this and that's what encourages, in part, the whole idea of locking down the Internet.
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I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how I write songs. I don't know why I breathe.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing an article only to get distracted by an email notification, either on my laptop or smartphone.
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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
