Natalie quotes:

Pebble Beach. It is tough and the lay out is amazing

This is why it is good to remember: if you want to get high, don't drink whiskey; read Shakespeare, Tennyson, Keats, Neruda, Hopkins, Millay, Whitman, aloud and let your body sing.

I used to butcher my Barbies. I would draw hearts on their cheeks. I would give them haircuts and I would keep going because it would be uneven and they would be left bald

The Longs event was the first LPGA event that I played in 8 years ago

Our minds hurtled outward in all directions. We became absurdly creative, Homo artifactus, intolerant of bare cave walls and naked clay pots.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

Touch is... one of the most ancient transactions, a defiance of the plasma membrane and the loneliness it brought.

It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players

Don't say you love somebody and then change your mind ... Love isn't like picking what movie you want to watch.

My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual

A hug is the perfect gift, one size fits all, everyone likes them and no-one cares if it is given back.

Have you murdered anyone in the last day, week, month, year, decade? Probably not. Then don't worry about it. Give yourself a break. You're probably a really fine person.

I love all history because it's storytelling. But, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Tudor dynasty.

There is freedom in being a writer and writing. It is fulfilling your function. I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.

To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When you spend time making something with your two hands, you impart love in a way that buying never can.

You have your opinion, I have mine, and it takes all kinds of nuts and dips to make a party, right?

As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans

Had a filling done yesterday with no freezing, natural materials, essentials oils, and homeopathic remedies. We absolutely must push for more holistic biological dentistry ...

We may love men and we may live with men, but some of them have said stupendously inaccurate things about us, our bodies, and our psyches.

Don't all morals go out the window if they're hot enough?

Friendship is a priceless gift, that cannot be bought or sold, but it's value is far greater than a mountain made of gold. For gold is cold and lifeless, it can neither see nor hear. And in time of trouble it is powerless to cheer. It has no ears to listen, no heart to understand, it cannot bring you comfort or reach out a helping hand. So when you ask God for a gift, be thankful if he sends, not diamonds, pearls, or riches, but the love of real true friends. Thank you my friends for being in my life!

I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far as other actresses' portrayals, though, I tried to stay clear. It muddles your process, I find.

I love to be in front of big galleries

If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. Besides, those voices are merely guardians and demons protecting the real treasure, the first thoughts of the mind.

I'm a technological moron. I have, I have problems with like.. the television

In a sense, evolution adheres to the classic twelve-step program: it takes things one day at a time. It does not strive for perfection; it does not strive at all. There is no progress, no plans, no scala natura, or scale of nature, that ranks organisms from lowly to superior, primitive to advanced.

There are moments when I think, Everyone is evil!

Writers are great lovers. They fall in love with other writers. That's how they learn to write. They take on a writer, read everything by him or her, read it over again until they understand how the writer moves, pauses, and sees. That's what being a lover is: stepping out of yourself, stepping into someone else's skin.