from The mindful writer by Dinty W. Moore

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.

~ JAMES FENTON

What would you begin writing if you knew you would die soon? What could you say to a dying person that would not enrage by its triviality?

~ ANNIE DILLARD

(So what should you be doing?)