Natalie Goldberg Quote

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners...


Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2009) - ISBN: 9781416535034


The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs...

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs...

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs...

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs...