In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle… — J. B. Priestley Differences Copy Share Image
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool… — J. B. Priestley Fool Copy Share Image
A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must… — J. B. Priestley Books Copy Share Image
To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. — J. B. Priestley Children Copy Share Image
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind… — J. B. Priestley Bed Copy Share Image
I fancy that the Hell of Too Many People would occupy a respectable place in the hierarchy of infernal regions. — J. B. Priestley Fancy Copy Share Image
It is good fiction, so largely ignored now, that brings us so much closer to the real facts. — J. B. Priestley Facts Copy Share Image
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit… — J. B. Priestley Magic Copy Share Image
Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. — J. B. Priestley Writing Copy Share Image
What a grand, higgledy-piggledy, sensible old place Norwich is! — J. B. Priestley Norwich Copy Share Image
Man, the creature who knows he must die, who has dreams larger than his destiny, who is forever working a confidence trick… — J. B. Priestley Allies Copy Share Image
There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent. — J. B. Priestley Clever Copy Share Image
If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go… — J. B. Priestley Genius Copy Share Image
But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the three-star Michelin… — J. B. Priestley Areas Copy Share Image
Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries. — J. B. Priestley Delivery Copy Share Image
Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were learning an… — J. B. Priestley Ideas Copy Share Image
There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age,… — J. B. Priestley Age Copy Share Image
I'm in the business of providing people with secondary satisfactions. It wouldn't have done me much good if they had all written… — J. B. Priestley Business Copy Share Image
The world we know at present is in no fit state to take over the dreariest little meteor ... If we have… — J. B. Priestley Civilization Copy Share Image
Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. — J. B. Priestley Advertisements Copy Share Image
In spite of recent jazzed-up one-day matches, cricket to be fully appreciated demands leisure, some sunny warm days and an understanding of… — J. B. Priestley Appreciated Copy Share Image
I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell. — J. B. Priestley Slang Copy Share Image
To love to teach is one thing, to love those you teach is another. — J. B. Priestley Education Copy Share Image
