#judith martin

“Conventional Phrases.” Excerpt from Judith Martin’s Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior.

Q:if you could make one big change to the [future], what’s it going to be?
Daniel Handler: I want a full-blown return to etiquette. judith martin, a.k.a. miss manners, is the finest person writing non-fiction. I met her, that was a big thrill for me. if there were a way to put her thoroughly in charge of the world tomorrow, I’d do it in a heartbeat. that would cover a lot of problems too. that would end hunger, misogyny, and tele-marketing and all the things we hate.