A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them. That is, he does not draw on a reservoir instead, he engages in an activity that brings to him a whole succession of unforeseen stories, poems, essays, plays, laws, philosophies, religions . . .
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All right. I listen. My life sinks a littlefarther, for the pity from now on I know itwith them. We'll take a stand, wherever the end is.We go forward by this quiet sharing,they one way, I another. I am their promiseno one else is going to know.William Stafford
It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals a kind of secret code.
William Stafford
Next time what I'd do is look atthe earth before saying anything. I'd stopjust before going into a houseand be an emperor for a minuteand listen better to the windor to the air being still.
William Stafford
You happy beings, watch every face for thoseyou pass caught in the midst of lifeby some horror, their souls gone dim, cursedor unlucky, exiled under a stone.
William Stafford
You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.
William Stafford
My name is William Tell when little oppressions touch me arrows hidden in my cloak whisper, Ready, ready.
William Stafford
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