“[On writing Jeeves and Wooster stories]: You tell yourself that you can take Jeeves stories or leave them alone, that one more… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“The scheme had been, if I remember, that after lunch I should go off and caddy for Honoria on a shopping tour… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I mean, when you've got used to a club where everything's nice and cheery, and where, if you want to attract a… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“NOW, touching this business of old Jeeves – my man, you know – how do we stand? Lots of people think I’m… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I left him thinking it over. If I were a bookie, I should feel justified in offering a hundred to eight against."… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Bertie," he said, "I want your advice." "Carry on." "At least, not your advice, because that wouldn't be much good to anybody.… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I say, Bertie," he said, after a pause of about an hour and a quarter. "Hallo!" "Do you like the name Mabel?"… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“We run to height a bit in our family, and there's about five-foot-nine of Aunt Agatha, topped off with a beaky nose,… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Betting!" he gargled. "Betting! You don't mean that they're betting on this holy, sacred - Oh, I say, dash it all! Haven't… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“You know how it is as a rule, when you want to get Chappie A on Spot B at exactly the same… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“It can't be done, old thing. Sorry, but it's out of the question. I couldn't go through all that again." "Not for… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I say Bertie old man I am in love at last. She is the most wonderful girl Bertie old man. This is… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Hallo, Bertie." "Hallo, old turnip. Where have you been all this while?" "Oh, here and there! Ripping weather we're having, Bertie." "Not… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“My late Uncle Henry, you see, was by way of being the blot on the Wooster escutcheon. An extremely decent chappie personally,… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I'm not much of a ladies' man, but on this particular morning it seemed to me that what I really wanted was… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“And you call yourself a pal of mine!" "Yes, I know; but there are limits." "Bertie," said Bingo reproachfully, "I saved your… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I felt most awfully braced. I felt as if the clouds had rolled away and all was as it used to be.… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Love, Miss Halliday, is a delicate plant. It needs tending, nurturing, assiduous fostering. This cannot be done by throwing the breakfast bacon at a… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“[A]lways get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“In these days in which we live, when existence has become a thing of infinite complexity and fate, if it slips us a bit… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“Good Lord, Jeeves! Is there anything you don’t know?’ ‘I couldn’t say, sir.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“Ask the first lion cub you meet, and it will tell you that, once you’ve tasted blood, there is no pulling up, and it’s… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“He will lunch with you at your flat tomorrow at one-thirty. Please remember that he drinks no wine, strongly disapproves of smoking, and can… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“Too often on such occasions one feels, as I feel so strongly with regard to poor old Stilton, that the kindly thing to do… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“My late Uncle Henry, you see, was by way of being the blot on the Wooster escutcheon. An extremely decent chappie personally, and one… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“...he switched on the [flashlight]. When he did so, he instantly became the center attraction to a rowdy mob of those gnats, moths, and… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“One of the advantages a sister has when arguing with a brother is that she is under no obligation to be tactful. If she… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“Liz," said Mr. Cootes, lost in admiration, "when it comes to doping out a scheme, you're the snake's eyebrows!” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“a chap who's supposed to stop chaps pinching things from chaps having a chap come along and pinch something from him.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share
“It seems to be one of Nature’s laws that the most attractive girls should have the least attractive brothers. Fillmore Nicholas had not worn… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share