“I became morose and developed the surly attitude I have kept ever since towards people who interrupt me at work.” A dry self-portrait of the writer defending his desk · Autobiographical recollection of early writing habits Solitude Work Writers
“It is charming to be a well-known young poet: besides, it is of professional value.” Dryly notes how celebrity becomes part of the job · Book, Some Contemporary Poets, 1920 Fame Work Youth
“The poet of to-day is unavoidably Man of Letters. His work must have a certain quality of the study; it must savour of bitten nails.” Admits that modern verse is made by labour, not by unearned rapture · Essay, The Future of Poetry, The Poetry Review, 1912 Craft Work Writers
