G. Wodehouse
G. Wodehouse
congratulations writing winning
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.
horse management employers
Employers are like horses — they require management.
funny dark theatre
Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.
writing stories knows
I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose.
heart breakfast soup
I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself.
country light house
The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured cosiness.
writing thinking want
I should think it extremely improbable that anyone ever wrote for money. Naturally, when he has written something, he wants to get as much for it as he can, but that is a very different thing from writing for money.
sarcastic looks chrysanthemums
Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.
funny character golf
Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
believe character mean
I believe the only way a writer can keep himself up to the mark is by examining each story quite coldly before he starts writing it and asking himself if it is all right as a story. I mean, once you go saying to yourself, 'This is a pretty weak plot as it stands, but I'm such a hell of a writer that my magic touch will make it okay,' you're sunk. If they aren't in interesting situations, characters can't be major characters, not even if you have the rest of the troop talk their heads off about them.
laughing
When you're alone you don't do much laughing.
white dry martini
He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.
matter jeeves moments
There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" "The mood will pass, sir.
hair devil red
It ought to be a criminal offence for women to dye their hair. Especially red. What the devil do women do that sort of thing for?