V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett
Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett CH CBE, was a British writer and literary critic...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 December 1900
commitment america evil
Absolute Evil is not the kingdom of hell. The inhabitants of hell are ourselves, i.e., those who pay our painful, embarrassing, humanistic duties to society and who are compromised by our intellectually dubious commitment to virtue, which can be defined by the perpetual smear-word of French polemic: the bourgeois. (Bourgeois equals humanist.) This word has long been anathema in France where categories are part of the ruling notion of logique. The word cannot be readily matched in England or America.
defense performed scoring team
Our defense performed well tonight. But we weren't scoring and the team started to get frustrated.
girls good knew model played team tough
We knew Model was a good team and were going to be able to go on some runs, but our girls played tough tonight.
far happened
In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
happiness
The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.
atlanta hurt lane passing took turn
Our turnovers really hurt us tonight. They (Greater Atlanta Christian) took away our passing lane and were able to turn those turnovers into points.
couple extremely good next proud returning season starters
I'm extremely proud of this group. With 4 of our 5 starters returning next season we feel very good about the next couple of seasons.
tongue genius excess
It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.
childhood made novel
The wrongs of childhood and upbringing have made a large and obsessional contribution to autobiography and the novel.
I shall never be as old as I was between 20 and 30.
novelists shows happened
It is less the business of the novelist to tell us what happened than to show how it happened.
art hands stories
The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the primitive craving for art, the wit, paradox and beauty of shape, the longing to see a dramatic pattern and significance in our experience.
states committees
The State, that cawing rookery of committees and subcommittees.
spiritual greed mind
The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.