Natalie Goldberg Quotes about Drinking

Katagiri Roshi says: Poor artists. They suffer very much. They finish a masterpiece and they are not satisfied. They want to go on and do another. Yes, but it's better to go on and do another if you have the urge than

Katagiri Roshi says: "Poor artists. They suffer very much. They finish a masterpiece and they are not satisfied. They want to go on and do another." Yes, but it's better to go on and do another if you have the urge than to start drinking and become alcoholic or eat a pound of good fudge and get fat.

Natalie Goldberg

Drinking, Artist, Suffering

Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.52, Shambhala Publications

I often wonder if all the writers who are alcoholics drink a lot because they aren't writing. It is not because they are writers that they are drinking, but because they are writers who are not writing.

Natalie Goldberg

Drinking, Writing, Wonder