I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another … - Natalie Goldberg

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I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

Natalie Goldberg

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.

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I often wonder if all the writers who are alcoholics drink a lot because they aren't writing. It is not because they are writers that they are drinking, but because they are writers who are not writing.

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My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create anxiety if I do not do it. No one lives up to his ideal.

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Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.

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Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak.

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We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Don’t wait for one hundred percent acceptance of yourself before you write, or even eight percent acceptance. Just write. The process of writing is an activity that teaches us about acceptance.

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