The proliferation of mass graphomania among politicians, cab drivers, women on the delivery table, mistresses, murderers, criminals, prostitutes, police chiefs, doctors, and patients proves to me that every individual without exception bears a potential writer within himself and that all mankind has every right to rush out into the streets with a cry of 'We are all writers!' The reason is that everyone has trouble accepting the fact that he will disappear unheard of and unnoticed in an indifferent universe, and everyone wants to make himself into a universe of words before it's too late. Once the writer in every individual comes to life (and that time is not far off), we are in for an age of universal deafness and lack of understanding.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Everyone has a desire to be heard, leading to too much writing.
- In plain terms
- Everyone wants to be heard, so too many people write.
- What can you take from it?
- The urge to be heard can create noise.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we write?
- Is everyone a writer?
Another view
Not all writing is noise.
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