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I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.

James Salter
Hands, Likes, Wonder
"James Salter, The Art of Fiction No. 133". Interview with Edward Hirsch, www.theparisreview.org. 1993.
I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.