Prohibition

José Luis de Vilallonga. Writer. Madrid, 1920, Andratx, Mallorca, 2007

 

It is clear that Tusquets, like myself, would dearly like to see the term “prohibition” disappear from the dictionary. One of the many things on which I agreed with the young revolutionaries who were on the verge of dethroning De Gaulle (the majority today company directors) was the enthusiasm with which they daubed the following message on the walls of Paris; “It is prohibited to prohibit”.

Smoking with Jose Luis de Villalonga. Ibiza, 2001