WIST Quotations

Moffat, Steven -- Coupling, 01×04 “Inferno” (2000-06-02)

Dave — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:33:19 +0000

JANE: So, Steve, Susan tells us you’ve been using pornography. (Everyone at the dinner party leans in.)

STEVE: (after a beat, scoffs) “Using pornography”? What a strange expression, Jane. Um, I enjoy erotica, if that’s what you mean. But then, doesn’t everyone? I certainly don’t “use pornography,” whatever that means. That makes me sound like — some kind of —

SALLY: Wanker?

Steven Moffat (b. 1961) Scottish television writer, producer
Coupling, 01×04 “Inferno” (2000-06-02)
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(Source (Video), 18:26; dialog validated)

Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 9, Eric (1990)

Dave — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:41:52 +0000

Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It’s the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 9, Eric (1990)
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Compare to Isabel Allende.

Allende, Isabel -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:50:26 +0000

Erotica is using a feather; pornography is using the whole chicken.

Isabel Allende (b. 1942) Chilean-American writer
(Attributed)

Widely attributed, but without citation. See Pratchett.

Legman, Gershon -- Love & Death: A Study in Censorship (1949)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Murder is a crime. Describing murder is not.
Sex is not a crime. Describing sex is.

Gershon Legman (1917-1999) American writer
Love & Death: A Study in Censorship (1949)