Ivy Compton-Burnett
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, DBEwas an English novelist, publishedas I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel Mother and Son...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 June 1884
Ivy Compton-Burnett quotes about
cowardice danger knows
There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents.
selfishness unselfish persons
A person who can really be called an unselfish person, has no place in life.
expression interesting support
A plot is like the bones of a person, not interesting like expression, or signs of experience, but the support of the whole.
havens
There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy.
jars jam certain
At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.
sarcastic hanging-on pushing
Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life.