“An editor's primary duty to his contributors is to print them without making them pay for the privilege.”

Affirming the practical principle behind founding the avant-garde literary magazine Others · Troubadour: An Autobiography

• Literature
• Principles
• Writing

“Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that the people who really enjoy chess are the dubs and the duffers, experts who have resigned their ambitions, those who play only for pastime, and, of course, the great fraternity of the kibbitzers.”

Reflecting on how true enjoyment of a game comes from freedom from competitive ambition · Troubadour: An Autobiography

• Ambition
• Humour
• Pastime

“Poetry is the attempt to express the inexpressible in terms of the unforgettable.”

Defining the core artistic ambition of the poetic form · Essay on modern poetry

• Art
• Poetry
• Writing

“We have to learn to live with one another, or we shall cease to live at all.”

A reflection on the necessity of human connection and mutual tolerance · Troubadour: An Autobiography

• Community
• Humanity
• Tolerance