“Why isn’t the word “phonetically” spelled with an “f”?”
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
In response to the question, "What is your favourite curse word?" from Inside the Actors Studio (2007) http://uk.youtube.com/user/pfeifferpfan2 <br class="br">Context: That would have to be the F-word. Do you want me to say it? It's so descriptive, it can be used in so many ways — it can be used lovingly, it can be used in the most hateful — it's just very versatile... and you know, it's just, sometimes no other word will do.
“Why isn’t the word “phonetically” spelled with an “f”?”
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
“I love all those great 'f' words - feminism, folk music..”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
from a 2003 interview with MuchMusic
“Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with”
Peter Jackson (1961) New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter
After receiving the Best Picture Oscar for "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" at the 76th Academy Awards
Christine Warren American writer
Source: Wolf at the Door
Elif Shafak (1971) Turkish writer
On comparing writing to the freedoms that Turkish women have found in another language in “Elif Shafak: ‘I thought the British were calm about politics. Not any longer’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/16/elif-shalak-i-thought-the-british-were-calm-about-politics-booker-prize-shortlist in The Guardian (2019 Sep 16)
Jack Cafferty (1942) American journalist
On Brit Hume of Fox News Network interviewing Dick Cheney after he accidentally shooting Harry Whittington.
[The Washington Post, Caustic Commentator, 27 February 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022601486_2.html]
2006
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Source: Annie Hall: Screenplay
Tom Shadyac (1958) American film director
Director's commentary for Dragonfly.