Natalie Goldberg Quotes About Students

• In the West, a teacher imparts knowledge to a student. In the East, a teacher transmits nothing more or less than his or her Being.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Teacher, Knowledge, East

  Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America”, p.73, Open Road Media

• In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have been astonished by how few people -- people who supposedly want to write -- read books, and if they read them, how little they examine them.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Libro, Escritura, Pasado

  Natalie Goldberg (2001). “Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft”, Bantam

• When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Writing, Want, Firsts

• 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 Goldberg

  Book, Writing, Editors

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

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