As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We have a second chance at biting into our experience and examining it. ...This is our life and it's not going to last forever. There isn't time to talk about someday writing that short story or poem or novel. Slow down now, touch what is around you, and out of care and compassion for each moment and detail, put pen to paper and begin to write.

Goldberg is a teacher who lives in Santa Fe New Mexico. Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) is an American popular New Age author and speaker She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. Her 2013 book The True Secret of Writing is a follow-up to that work.

Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) is an American popular New Age author and speaker She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. Her 2013 book The True Secret of Writing is a follow-up to that work.