“Moreover, as he later realized, ‘I wanted to be someone who writes great poetry,’ he said. ‘I didn’t want to write great poetry.’”
On similar lines, Jon Krakauer once wrote that there are two kinds of mountaineers: those who want to climb the North Face of the Eiger, and those who want to *have climbed* the North Face of the Eiger.
“Moreover, as he later realized, ‘I wanted to be someone who writes great poetry,’ he said. ‘I didn’t want to write great poetry.’”
On similar lines, Jon Krakauer once wrote that there are two kinds of mountaineers: those who want to climb the North Face of the Eiger, and those who want to *have climbed* the North Face of the Eiger.