“Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world.”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
Source: The Zahir
“Poetry is a collaborative art, and yet—as it is being created—the most solitary and 'individual' of activities.”
Reading Modern Poetry, London, 1989
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