Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.


Paris Review interview (1969)


Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided...

Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided...

Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided...

Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided...