Who said "I write to understand as much as to be understood."?

This quote is attributed to Knut Hamsun.

I write to understand as much as to be understood. - Knut Hamsun

"I write to understand as much as to be understood."

Knut Hamsun Literature

Novelist Norwegian 1859–1952

"I love the beautiful season when the fruits fall from the trees like rain."

"A man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills."

"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven."

"I have committed the great crime of not being ambitious."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."