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. …

- William Hughes Mearns

Writing is an outward expression of instinctive insight that must be summoned from the vastly deep of our mysterious selves. Therefore, it cannot be …

- 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

As I was sitting in my chair, I knew the bottom wasn't there, Nor legs nor back, but I just sat, Ignoring little things like that.

- William Hughes Mearns

Poetry is when you talk to yourself.

- William Hughes Mearns