If you can say it, it begins to exist. William Stafford More Quotes by William Stafford More Quotes From William Stafford Let the bucket of memory down into the well, bring it up. Cool, cool minutes. No one stirring, no plans. Just being there. William Stafford bucketsjust-beingmemories ...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there. William Stafford going-awayfearworld Will you ever bring a better gift for the world William Stafford breathingright-nowworld It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half. William Stafford wake-uphalfwhole I keep following this sort of hidden river of my life, you know, whatever the topic or impulse which comes, I follow it along trustingly. And I don't have any sense of its coming to a kind of crescendo, or of its petering out either. It is just going steadily along. William Stafford topicskindrivers The earth says have a place, be what that place William Stafford earthsoundbird The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand. William Stafford ownershipglances A poem is a serious joke, a truth that has learned jujitsu. William Stafford jokescraftsserious Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean. William Stafford oceanbeachbelieve A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things he would not have thought of if he had not started to say them. William Stafford new-thingsprocessfound A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies goes off in my mind. That's not a question to ask anyone but yourself. William Stafford piecesmindwriting The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It's not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found. William Stafford getting-lostmadnessfound The root and the flower have to trust each other. If the root does not trust, the plant won't blossom. William Stafford flowerrootsdoe They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who are you really, wanderer?"-- and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold the world around you is: "Maybe I'm a king. William Stafford kingsdarkrunning Once you decide to do right, life is easy, there are no distractions. William Stafford distractiondecisionlife-is 'Be alive,' the land says, 'listen - this is your time, your world, your pleasure.' William Stafford alivelandworld One way to find your place is like the rain, a million requests for lodging, one that wins, finds your cheek: you find your home. William Stafford winningrainhome You shouldn't have standards that inhibit you from writing It really doesn't make any difference if you are good or bad today. The assessment of the product is something that happens after you've done it. William Stafford assessmentdifferenceswriting So, the world happens twice-- William Stafford legendswayworld What you have to do as a writer is . . . write day in and day out no matter what happens. William Stafford no-matter-whatmatterwriting
