We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

I write to understand as much as to be understood.

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.

I write to understand as much as to be understood

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.