The case against censoring anything is absolute: ... nothing that could be censored can be so bad in its effects, in the long run, as censorship itself.
Katharine WhitehornAs anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things.
Katharine WhitehornDoes anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.
Katharine WhitehornIt would be nice to think that a censor could allow a genuine work of artistic seriousness and ban a titillating piece of sadism, but it would take a miracle to make such a distinction stick.
Katharine Whitehorn