Natalie Goldberg Quotes

I Wish I Had Another Chance To Write That School Composition, 'What I Did Last Summer.' When I Wrote It In Fifth Grade, I Was Scared And Just Recorded: 'It Was Interesting. It Was Nice. My Summer Was Fun.' I Snuck Through With A B Grade. But I Still Wondered, How Do You Really Do That? Now It Is Obvious. You Tell The Truth And You Depict It In Detail: 'My Mother Dyed Her Hair Red And Polished Her Toenails Silver. I Was Mad For Parcheesi And Running The Sprinkler Catching Beetles In A Mason Jar And Feeding Them Grass. My Father Sat At The Kitchen Table A Lot Staring Straight Ahead, Never Talking, A Budweiser In His Hand.

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