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> [When you're writing - when I'm writing anyway - I'm writing out of different kinds of preoccupations and obsessions, different forms of drivenness, and so you're really hostage those while writing. I am, anyway. And it's only when you finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/when-you-re-writing-when-i-m-writing-anyway-i-m-writing-out-of/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

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## More by W. S. Di Piero

> [Some days, who can stare at swathes of sky, leafage and bad-complected whale-gray streets, tailpipes and smokestacks orating sepia exhaust, or the smaller enthusiasms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/some-days-who-can-stare-at-swathes-of-sky-leafage-and-bad-complected/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [Every cliche is true, right? That's why they're cliches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/every-cliche-is-true-right-that-s-why-they-re-cliches/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [One of the appeals of William Carlos Williams to me is that he was many different kinds of poet. He tried out many different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/one-of-the-appeals-of-william-carlos-williams-to-me-is-that-he-was/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [This constant stream of qualia we feel in our stomachs. The big-leafed plant lifts its wings to greet the planet's chemistry, the sun arrives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/this-constant-stream-of-qualia-we-feel-in-our-stomachs-the-big-leafed/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [When I came into consciousness as a writer when I was in my early 20s, I just assumed that a writer did - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/when-i-came-into-consciousness-as-a-writer-when-i-was-in-my-early-20s/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [You can't be a poet certainly of my generation and not have deep in your animal brain the comment of William Carlos Williams, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/you-can-t-be-a-poet-certainly-of-my-generation-and-not-have-deep-in/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [I've spent most of my life in cities, and so I've always lived with the curiosity about what makes for city cultures and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/i-ve-spent-most-of-my-life-in-cities-and-so-i-ve-always-lived-with/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [A lot of the stuff that I see, because it's part of the work that I do, is look at pictures and photographs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/a-lot-of-the-stuff-that-i-see-because-it-s-part-of-the-work-that-i-do/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [When I think about what really matters, it's not looking at art that has made the most difference or has been most shaping of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/when-i-think-about-what-really-matters-it-s-not-looking-at-art-that/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

> [When you're writing - when I'm writing anyway - I'm writing out of different kinds of preoccupations and obsessions, different forms of drivenness, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-di-piero/when-you-re-writing-when-i-m-writing-anyway-i-m-writing-out-of/)

[W. S. Di Piero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-di-piero/)

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