June 15. It is the task of the writer to find words where there are no words yet. If you think you have nothing to say, that is the surest invitation to find what can be said at that point. – There is an opposite attitude, which says that one should write as little as possible. Only that which absolutely cannot be avoided should be written. – I find both attitudes plausible, and I have long wavered between them, but while doing so, I have always followed the first one.