I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you. I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough.

About This Quote

This quote is actually a double entendre. The first part is a reference to the fact that there is a difference between a writer and a poet. This difference is that the writer must have something terrible wrong with him or her in order to be able to write. The second part of the quote comes from the fact that the writer believes that, even if they were to die, their poetry would still be important.

Source: You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense

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