Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smithwas an English children's novelist and playwright, known best for the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Other works include I Capture the Castle, and The Starlight Barking. The Hundred and One Dalmatians was adapted into a 1961 Disney animated movie version. Her novel I Capture the Castle was adapted into a 2003 movie version. I Capture the Castle was voted number 82 as "one of the nation's 100 best-loved novels" by the British public as part of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 May 1896
Dodie Smith quotes about
Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.
I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money.
The Devil's out of fashion.
It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.
How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!
Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.
I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated sub-conscious...
Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age - and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence - still did not quite feel grown up?
Oh, wise young judge.
Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.
Only half a page left now. Shall I fill it with 'I love you, I love you'-- like father's page of cats on the mat? No. Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.
Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.
I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.
If you love people, you take them on trust.