William Hughes Mearns Quotes & Sayings

Writing is an outward expression of instinctive insight that must be summoned from the vastly deep of our mysterious selves. Therefore, it cannot be taught; indeed, it cannot even be summoned; it can only be permitted. — William Hughes Mearns

As I was going up the stair
I met a man who wan't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh I wish he'd go away! — William Hughes Mearns

You have something to say. Something of your very own. Try to say it. Don't be ashamed of any real thought or feeling you have. Don't undervalue it. Don't let the fear of others prevent you from saying it ... You have something to say, something that no one else in the world has said in just your way of saying it. — William Hughes Mearns

Poetry is when you talk to yourself. — William Hughes Mearns