W. S. Merwin Quote

I had hardly begun to read I asked how can you ever be sure that what you write is really any good at all and he said you can't you can't you can never be sure you die without knowing whether anything you wrote was any good if you have to be sure don't write


Flower and Hand (ed. 1997)


I had hardly begun to read I asked how can you ever be sure that what you write is really any good at all and he said you can't you can't you can...

I had hardly begun to read I asked how can you ever be sure that what you write is really any good at all and he said you can't you can't you can...

I had hardly begun to read I asked how can you ever be sure that what you write is really any good at all and he said you can't you can't you can...

I had hardly begun to read I asked how can you ever be sure that what you write is really any good at all and he said you can't you can't you can...