“Once in every few publishing seasons there is an Event. For no apparent reason, the great heart of the Public gives a… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Are there any books of that sort nowadays? The only ones I ever see mentioned in the papers are about married couples… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Writing my books I enjoy. It is the thinking them out that is apt to blot the sunshine from my life.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I simply said he was a detective, and let it go at that, I should be obtaining the reader's interest under false… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“INTERVIEWER Have you ever been envious of another writer? WODEHOUSE No, never. I’m really such a voracious reader that I’m only too… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“[T]he success of every novel -- if it's a novel of action -- depends on the high spots. The thing to do… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“The club book was never intended to be light and titillated reading for the members. Its function is solely to acquaint those… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I have never written a novel yet...without doing 40,000 words or more and finding they were all wrong and going back and… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Much has been written on the subject of bed-books. The general consensus of opinion is that a gentle, slow-moving story makes the… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Jeeves." "Sir?" "Are you busy just now?" "No, sir." "I mean, not doing anything in particular?" "No, sir. It is my practice… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Mathematicians among my readers do not need to be informed that ". . ." is the algebraical sign representing a blend of… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“There is nothing an author today has to guard himself more carefully against than the Saga Habit. The least slackening of vigilance… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“The object of all good literature is to purge the soul of its petty troubles.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“But those who read thrillers are an impatient race. They chafe at scenic rhapsodies and want to get on to the rough… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Bar a weekly wrestle with the "Pink 'Un" and an occasional dip into the form book I'm not much of a lad… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I went into the kitchen ten minutes back. The cat was sitting on the mat." Beale's narrative style closely resembled that of… — 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 Image
“[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 Image
“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 Image
“Good Lord, Jeeves! Is there anything you don’t know?’ ‘I couldn’t say, sir.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“...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 Image
“Conversationally, I am like a clockwork toy. I have to be set going.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
