Aubrey Beardsley

If I am not grotesque, I am nothing.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

When I write that I've known about something for a long time, that's not a boast. That's a confession. It's me acknowledging that I have withheld something important from the public.