I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do without.
Source: In National Observer, 12 Mar 1977.
-- Robert Penn Warren, (Apr 24 1905-1989), US novelist, poet, critic, teacher; He was best-known for his treatment of moral dilemmas in a South beset by the erosion of traditional, rural values; first U.S. poet laureate, 1986.