It was my hope, my downright obsession, that this book should change things ever slightly for the better; for myself and for others; but I can never finish it.. - Hamsun on writing his first book. He was thirty when it was first published after attempting to get published since the age of eighteen.One time Hamsun asked a good friend, begged him, to be locked in an office and for the friend to return in three hours. He returned and he's written 52 lines, 50 of which were crossed out.I haven't written in so long, properly, truly. All I can do is be kind to my words and demand at least an appearance, if not honest words. They will arise..
See original: The literature that matters is that which keeps you from dying,
