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

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...

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...

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.

Flowers are happy things.

Flowers are happy things.

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...