Natalie Goldberg Quotes

You have to be precise. You have to be specific, but you want to be accurate. That is first and foremost. You want to be on top of the story, but words do matter.

In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.

A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.

Even when I do commercials, I try to tell a story about the product. With music, I try to tell the story of the person's struggle for success. And I believe every word I say. I never read anything on the air I don't believe in. I think people sense that about me, and they respond to it.

I can be so blown away by story lines.

My job, and that's my job, is to dress the naked truth. To make it interesting, to make it viable, to make it seem like something you understand and feel and love.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.

I like when you are telling a story and fall into an impression.

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in person.

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to.

People love stories. They need stories.

Any story is better with a little love in it, right?

If you tell stories you love, you will never tell them with indifference - take it to the bank.

People need stories; they want stories. They always will.

For me, the first thing is to tell a good story.

Share your true stories.

You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts.

Nothing connects with people like humanity. That doesn't mean you have to tell slice-of-life stories all the time. But you know, with so many options in technology, the consumer's not really that interested in advertising... They are interested in great stories. That transcends any medium.

People just love stories.

I tell stories and try to do it honestly so that people are interested and enjoy them.

I think, as long as you tell real stories, I think people will respond to it no matter whether or not it's in the context of super heroes.

It was very hard not to get utterly and wholeheartedly drawn into the stories on 'The Gift.'

People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly.