Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1937

Letter ID: 2020

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

August 9, 1937

Why the hell can’t I write? Why the hell, indeed! Because I don’t want to – that’s all!

My why the hell was an ejaculation, not a question.

If I were to ask you that question, I know your prompt answer would be – no poet can always maintain a high level! Isn’t that the answer?

Obviously, if it is put as a question, that is the only answer. But it wasn’t.