I don't see writing as a communication of something already discovered, as "truths" already known. Rather, I see writing as a job… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
My question is "when did other people give up the idea of being a poet?" You know, when we are kids we… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
A student brings something to discuss, saying, "I don't know whether this is really good, or whether I should throw it in… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
Writing itself is one of the great, free human activities. There is scope for individuality, and elation, and discovery. In writing, for… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
I have this feeling of wending my way or plundering through a mysterious jungle of possibilities when I am writing. This jungle… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
What you have to do as a writer is . . . write day in and day out no matter what happens. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
You shouldn't have standards that inhibit you from writing It really doesn't make any difference if you are good or bad today.… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
People wander about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
I don't see writing as a communication of something already discovered, as "truths" already known. Rather, I see writing as a job of experiment.… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn't hear it--I breathed it into my ears. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
The Way It Is There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
“There may be losses too great to understand That rove after you and--faint and terrible-- rip unknown through your hand.” — William Stafford Copy Share Image
It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
My question is "when did other people give up the idea of being a poet?" You know, when we are kids we make up… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
“I am your own way of looking at things," she said. "When you allow me to live with you, every glance at the world… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
