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

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

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

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...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

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 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...

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.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

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...

There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It...

There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...