A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist—nothing shields him from the world’s gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away, can always fix himself up to make himself more presentable, but a man who has written a letter is stuck with it for all time.
ATTRIBUTION:
E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White (1899–1985), U.S. author, editor. Letter, June 11, 1975.
