The things that make you a functional citizen.... : Quote by Natalie Goldberg

“ The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners... ”

Natalie Goldberg
  • From : Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
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