Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose - Anything goes

Quote by Cole Porter

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I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.

I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.

Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Let's do it, let's...

Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Let's do it, let's...

All the world loves a clown.

All the world loves a clown.

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose......

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose......

He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.

He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.

Most gentlemen don't like love, they just like to kick it around.

Most gentlemen don't like love, they just like to kick it around.

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director

In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now,...

In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now,...

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going...

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going...

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't...

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

I work until beer oclock.

I work until beer oclock.