Natalie Goldberg Quotes

The only way to learn writing is by writing. Talent, as charming as it sounds, amounts to no more than 12 per cent of the process. Work is 80 per cent. The remaining 8 per cent is 'luck' or 'zeitgeist' - in short, things that are not in our hands.

To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

You learn to write the same way you learn to play golf... You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn’t divinely inspired – it’s hard work.

Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.

Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.

I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.

You play like you practice and practice how you play.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.

Not a game, not a game... practice.

Don't think that you can just rely on natural talent because there are going to be times when you get a little tired and that's when your skills come into play to help you make look easy.

An amazing performance is always a reflection of awesome amounts of practice.

The secret to my success is practice!

You wonder how they do it and you look to see the knack You watch the foot in action, or the shoulder or the back, But when you spot the answer where the higher glamours lurk You'll find in moving higher up the laurel covered spire That most of it is practice and the rest of it is work.

Success is less about luck, and more about practice.

Your game is only as good as your practice.

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

If you want to write, do two things - read lots of books and also, in your own writing, practise. Just write and write and then write again. persist. And never be put off or discouraged. You can do it!

Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.