Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in read more

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.