Loay Abbas

“What crannies of untouched perception can you explore? What autumn was it that the moon entered your life? When was it that you picked blueberries at their quintessential moment? How long did you wait for your first true bike? Who are your angels? What are you thinking of? Not thinking of? What are you looking at? Not looking at?”
― Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

“Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing table.”
― Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

“People often say, “I was walking along [or driving, shopping, jogging] and I had this whole poem go through my mind, but when I sat down to write it, I couldn’t get it to come out right.” I never can either. Sitting to write is another activity. Let go of walking or jogging and the poem that was born then in your mind. This is another moment. Write another poem. Perhaps secretly hope something of what you thought a while ago might come out, but let it come out however it does. Don’t force it.”
― Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

“It’s pretty nice to be talented. If you are, enjoy, but it won’t take you that far. Work takes you a lot further.”
― Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within