| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63880 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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