Natalie Goldberg Quotes

I just write what I want to write.

Man has the right . . . to play as he will . . . to think what he will: to speak what he will: to write what he will: to draw, paint, carve, etch, mould, build as he will: to dress as he will.

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

I can be stupid in my lyrics or say whatever I want without having to worry about anybody else's feeling or anybody being embarrassed by it or anything like that.

Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it.

The wonderful thing about writing fiction is that no one is stopping you. There's no one saying, 'You can't do that.'

As a writer no one's gonna tell me how to write, I'm gonna write the way I wanna write!

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.

Nobody has to give me permission to write.

My ethos is musical freedom: to create whatever I want.

That's what I love about writing is you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the morning, grab a pad and pen and start writing.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

We are so grateful we are given the chance and the freedom to do what we want, what we want to create, what's on our mind, and that's honestly what we asked for in the beginning of our career.

In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write.

My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music...I love my freedom so I'm happy I am a free artist.

If you get the you-are-a-genius label, it can limit you. Because I'm not so scrutinized, I have more freedom. And that let's me write what I want.

Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want. Anything at all .... as long as you tell the truth.

A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly... to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it?

I'm feeling a kind of liberty to write about what's interesting to me without worrying about what I should be writing about. And that feels good.

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.

The way I look at a solo project is, I create what I want with whoever I want.

I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

The great liberation of imaginative writing is that you're not held back by the facts.