Jeez, I don’t want to sound sycophantic, but as someone who thinks they have a decent grasp of writing, I can confidently say you have mastered this platform.

If I were to recommend any writer to someone starting out on Medium, it would be you. Sorry, I’m not talking about the subject matter of the article (it was great, of course), but, having read a few of your pieces now, I look at your work less as a casual reader, and more as an aspiring writer on this platform. I think more about the day-to-day grind you put in, pumping out these engaging, accessible articles every other day or so.

Anyway, brown-nosing over! Here’s another example of Churchill’s cutting wit:

Churchill is at a gathering of some kind and has been drinking rather a lot.

A woman turns to him and says: "Sir, you are drunk!"

Churchill turns to her: "That may be so, but when I wake up tomorrow I will be sober, and you will still be ugly."