![To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sMWEjI-yB3g/X1uN5S-i6VI/AAAAAAAAK40/w8bu55tZQgs20i2GYJ5gWOu_6BwXaObAgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/to-be-a-poet-is-a-condition-not-a-profession.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Tag: on-writing
![To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sMWEjI-yB3g/X1uN5S-i6VI/AAAAAAAAK40/w8bu55tZQgs20i2GYJ5gWOu_6BwXaObAgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/to-be-a-poet-is-a-condition-not-a-profession.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MEJmjxHeug4/X1thRXQa94I/AAAAAAAAFsU/NJ2Keeby_uk8oJp3ppmVOoEJXifCNjz5ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-woman-must-have-money-and-a-room-of-her-own-if-she-is-to-write-fiction.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
![You can fix anything but a blank page.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gg-Ifj3wzRU/X1uSm7L3u6I/AAAAAAAALsM/_ACmSoaS6EMzbXEtrqcz8b5Oj40xzY89gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-can-fix-anything-but-a-blank-page.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You can fix anything but a blank page.
![Write what should not be forgotten.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HJQZOFpGOzY/X1uSK3PKmAI/AAAAAAAALms/_9gzZibewNAdXtaH3IA8Aqpd1NAT6Ph2ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/write-what-should-not-be-forgotten.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Write what should not be forgotten.
![I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6NIjyi_85Go/X1tq4e6jXII/AAAAAAAAHI4/oB3axrjHEOIWWGH2rZP4rjsOTpV6a5OOQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-kept-always-two-books-in-my-pocket-one-to-read-one-to-write-in.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.
![You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2CjWqndsG98/X1uS4lpkoXI/AAAAAAAALvc/sRAifyZtkzgOFPjCxhtWPY445QRkpxIugCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-cant-wait-for-inspiration-you-have-to-go-after-it-with-a-club.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
![Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jACWVNcruz8/X1tnUu4rt7I/AAAAAAAAGdI/pIuUdNi7FpAe6ci6zR7fT8DTA10KpPU_QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/fill-your-paper-with-the-breathings-of-your-heart.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
![Easy reading is damn hard writing.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XSIfw7MfdkU/X1tjdBH22_I/AAAAAAAAGM0/50dbOzYzTqI8F7DgGppVVRrZ0ndzYfyVACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/easy-reading-is-damn-hard-writing.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Easy reading is damn hard writing.
![The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bEshKGvl1XM/X1uJsz8IN5I/AAAAAAAAKUw/7YmCO5mJXdIv8_hdfEIGvFP0JJWQ3YNuACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-last-thing-one-discovers-in-composing-a-work-is-what-to-put-first.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
![Only a mediocre person is always at his best.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u1jPeMNL6XU/X1t5iEgIY2I/AAAAAAAAI1w/ybxZVG8m6ggi-_i4xNRiq0Qu9hhZ_WsBwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/only-a-mediocre-person-is-always-at-his-best.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
![O for a Muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention!](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uK05LmBckME/X1t3nWlUYRI/AAAAAAAAIuo/08X7SUjionQEdNsgl6vJQ2dovBg2etjAgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascendthe-brightest-heaven-of-invention.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention!
![Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c-SPYQinC8g/X1tjO-EKAeI/AAAAAAAAGKA/I1wafkHfs444X2lOemMpzVL8Vb0X9g0IQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/dont-say-the-old-lady-screamed-bring-her-on-and-let-her-scream.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)