When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.
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When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.
The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
I never write a book unless I can't help it. Something has to bother me, like a mosquito, until I have to do something to relieve the itch.
One learns to itch where one can scratch.
Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.
The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.
Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.
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