G. Wodehouse
G. Wodehouse
afternoon life queer spent unlike
I spent the afternoon musing on Life. If you come to think of it, what a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean.
caused chest slip
The lunches of fifty-seven years had caused his chest to slip down to the mezzanine floor.
bishop difficulty keeping local master talking
The Bishop was talking to the local Master of Hounds about the difficulty he had in keeping his vicars off the incense.
instance relative
everything is relative. you, for instance, are my relative.
butterfly golf upset
The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.
funny dog loses
It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it up.
strong writing character
I think the success of every novel - if it's a novel of action - depends on the high spots. The thing to do is to say to yourself, 'Which are my big scenes?' and then get every drop of juice out of them. The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a play. I say to myself, if a big name were playing this part, and if he found that after a strong first act he had practically nothing to do in the second act, he would walk out. Now, then, can I twist the story so as to give him plenty to do all the way through?
half
I suppose half the time Shakespeare just shoved down anything that came into his head.
knows
Oh, I don't know, you know, don't you know?
hangover broken machines
I am told by those who know that there are six varieties of hangover-the Broken Compass, the Sewing Machine, the Comet, the Atomic, the Cement Mixer and the Gremlin Boogie, and his manner suggested that he had got them all.
cities yield temptation
What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?
names fundamentals success-in-life
I attribute my whole success in life to a rigid observance of the fundamental rule - Never have yourself tattooed with any woman's name, not even her initials.
years humanity messages
From my earliest years I had always wanted to be a writer. It was not that I had any particular message for humanity. I am still plugging away and not the ghost of one so far, so it begins to look as though, unless I suddenly hit mid-season form in my eighties, humanity will remain a message short.
ideas jeeves principles
It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a twitter at the prospect of putting it into practical effect. I explained this to Jeeves, and he said much the same thing had bothered Hamlet.