Interviewer: You said the other day that if writing is continual, there is more of a chance of something happening...
Stafford: Yes... I've experienced that the activity of writing does make things happen....that’s the way ideas come about for me ... through a willing acceptance of subideas that aren't really dignified enough for most people to pay any attention to, but if I begin to pay attention things always come....it’s not writing from a reservoir; it's like engaging in an activity out of which things come.
— William Stafford, Writing the Australian Crawl