Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems.

Quote by Peter Bichsel

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It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on...

It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on...

Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong...

Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong...

Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I...

I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I...

The problems of our country are very fast to recognize.

The problems of our country are very fast to recognize.

Literature is about as unnecessarily necessarily as tableware or ironed shirts.

Literature is about as unnecessarily necessarily as tableware or ironed shirts.

That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.

That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.

I was convinced that the world was in the departure and paging.

I was convinced that the world was in the departure and paging.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of...

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of...

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and...

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and...

The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father...

The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father...

Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure

Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure

No departure from the truth of nature shall be discovered by the closest scrutiny.

No departure from the truth of nature shall be discovered by the closest scrutiny.

I hope the departue is joyful and I hope never to return.

I hope the departue is joyful and I hope never to return.

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point...

Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point...

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and...

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and...