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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He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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... 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 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...

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

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

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

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...

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...

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...

Flowers are happy things.

Flowers are happy things.

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...

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.