Quote by Edgar Wallace Download Open image ““year. For John Lexman was a maker of cunning plots.”” — Edgar Wallace ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“So that over time, clever became cunning. Dynamic became obsessed. Ambitious became ruthless.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswise across his character and disposition and general outlook.” — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme.” — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“The actual writing would be easy. All he had to do was to transfer to paper the interminable restless monologue that had been running… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Most of man's finest heroism is merely disguised necessity.” — William Hurrell Mallock Copy Share Image
“Like so many creative men of his school he was hounded by an incessant restlessness.” — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“He was not a practical joker nor was he a fool but he was determinedly original and had a vague and modest idea of… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
“Listen," said T. X., grasping an ivory paperknife savagely in his hand and tapping his blotting-pad to emphasize his words, "you're a pie!” — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
“This," said T. X. exultantly, as he read the advertisement, "is where I get busy.” — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
“I never did believe in the equality of the sexes, but no girl is the weaker vessel if she gets first grip of the… — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
“...mankind is not perfect, less perfect is womankind, and least perfect is that section of mankind which employs servants.” — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex. — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
“He is very rich, has no relations, and has a passion for power." "Then he'll be hung," said the Chief, rising. "I doubt it,"… — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
In the deepest pits of 'Ell, Where the worst defaulters dwell (Charcoal devils used as fuel as you require 'em), There's some lovely coloured… — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
A highbrow is a man who has found something more interesting than women. — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
“don't know whether there's a law that stops my doing this, Jim; but if there is, you've got to get round it. You're a… — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
“I should prefer being thrown to the demnition ducks and drakes," he said moodily.” — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake. — Edgar Wallace Copy Share Image
