Natalie Goldberg Quotes

When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes.

Most people know what to do, but they don't do what they know - because they haven't found their inner drive. Their passion.

I only really work when I want to.

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.

I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.

I'm a very motivated person. I don't need extra motivation.

It's not about motivation. It's about what's driven inside of you.

Other people gotta be told when to go to the gym, what to work out, what to work on, what to do. For me, it was always my own self-motivation of maybe just wanting to make it out of Compton. I was like that with everything in my life.

Motivation should come from within each player; if not, it's difficult to get results.

People talk about great motivators, but I think motivation has to come from within the individual first, because if you haven't got that inner strength yourself, and belief and you want to do well, it doesn't matter what anybody else says. You have to have that; it has to be inbuilt.

I continue to write. It's just one of those things that I do. I'll have periods when I write and periods when I don't. But you don't want it to become a discipline really. If it becomes a discipline, it becomes a chore and that's no good.

I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it.

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

There is no trick to it. If you like to write and want to write, you write, no matter where you are or what else you are doing or whether anyone pays any heed.

I'm not that interested in writing for myself. That's not where my impetus as a writer comes from.

There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be rich, famous and successful, but if those are our goals, we're off on a wrong foot...I just wanted to earn enough money so I could work at home on my writing.

I feel a passion for what we're trying to do.I mean, why does somebody who's old who's a writer keep writing? Because that's who they are.

The only person who can really motivate you is you.

Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion.

Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.

You have to be the one setting your own goals, trying to achieve those goals.

I wrestled as a 90-pounder, and I wrestled in the 107-pound class in my first year. I had something inside of me. I could not stand not to compete. And I don't know why... I don't know what that's all about. But that's deep inside of Doug Harvey.

I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.

You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.

I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like 'Stop moaning and write something.'