Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.

Quote by P G Wodehouse

Topics: P G Wodehouse Quotes

I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I...

I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I...

Few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile...

Few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile...

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir...

Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir...

Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come...

Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come...

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the...

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the...

Flowers are happy things.

Flowers are happy things.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to...

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to...

She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel.

She had a penetrating sort of laugh. Rather like a train going into a tunnel.

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people...

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people...

Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.

Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people...

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people...

He was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into...

He was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the...

Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough...

Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough...

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.