“All events and experiences are local, somewhere. And all human enhancements of events and experiences -- all the arts -- are regional… — William Stafford Art 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 Asks Copy Share Image
You and I can turn and look at the silent river and wait. We know the current is there, hidden; and there… — William Stafford Currents Copy Share Image
Others may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides. — William Stafford Able Copy Share Image
I keep following this sort of hidden river of my life, you know, whatever the topic or impulse which comes, I follow… — William Stafford Crescendo 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 Areas Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough. — William Stafford Block Copy Share Image
A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things. — William Stafford Found Copy Share Image
“This dream the world is having about itself includes a trace on the plains of the Oregon trail, a groove in the… — William Stafford Dreams Copy Share Image
The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It's… — William Stafford Distracted Copy Share Image
The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk.… — William Stafford Hearing Copy Share Image
“ Why I Am Happy Now has come, an easy time. I let it roll. There is a lake somewhere so blue… — William Stafford Happiness 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 Activity Copy Share Image
...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world,… — William Stafford Bless Copy Share Image
You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about. — William Stafford About Copy Share Image
'Be alive,' the land says, 'listen - this is your time, your world, your pleasure.' — William Stafford Alive Copy Share Image
All still when summer is over stand shocks in the field, nothing left to whisper, not even good-bye, to the wind. After… — William Stafford Bye Copy Share Image
“Readers should not be loaded with more information and guidance than a lively mind needs--puzzlement can be accepted, but insulting clarity is… — William Stafford Books Copy Share Image
“If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
“With Kit, Age Seven, at the Beach We would climb the highest dune, from there to gaze and come down: the ocean… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
Literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement. — William Stafford Books Copy Share Image
Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music. — William Stafford Children Copy Share Image
“. . . On a sandbar sunlight stretches out its limbs, or is it a sycamore, so brazen, so clean and bold?” — William Stafford Poetry Copy Share Image
