James Thurber Quote

My opposition lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.

Letter to Henry Brandon after an interview with him, explaining his opposition to interviews; quoted by Brandon in As We Are (1961)

My opposition lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate...

My opposition lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate...

My opposition lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate...

My opposition lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate...