I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it's the best I can do. I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, No. No, I'm finished. Bye. And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.


Paris Review Interview (1990)

Maya Angelou Quotes

I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it's the best I can do. I...

I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it's the best I can do. I...

I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it's the best I can do. I...

I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it's the best I can do. I...