“I write in order to make the little voices in my head go away. Thus far it hasn't worked.”

“The little boy was looking for his voice.(The king of the crickets had it.)In a drop of waterthe little boy was looking for his voice.I do not want it for speaking with;I will make a ring of itso that he may wear my silenceon his little fingerIn a drop of waterthe little boy was looking for his voice.(The captive voice, far away,put on a cricket's clothes.)- The Little Mute BoyTranslated by William S. Merwin”

“Writing is not about the voices in your head, but the voices that make the great leap to the page.”

“Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.…how beautiful it would be to live so far away from my mistakes.”

“Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so;And, being done, thus Wall away doth go.”

“It will go away... The stuff in your head. Little by little.”