Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels.

Quote by P G Wodehouse

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The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at...

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at...

Flowers are happy things.

Flowers are happy things.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

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.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

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...

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...

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...

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...

It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance...

It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance...

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to...

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to...

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 just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something...

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something...

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...