J. B. Priestley
J. B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley, OM, was an English author, novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, social commentator, man of letters and broadcaster...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 September 1894
apples tree plums
We complain and complain, but we have lived and seen the blossom -apple, pear, cherry, plum, almond blossom - in the sun; and the best among us cannot pretend they deserve - or could contrive - anything better.
pregnancy writing might
Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.
revenge animal prison
We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.
sensitive sincere goodness
The point is to be good-to be sensitive and sincere.
differences politics way
In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences.
dream real self
But the point is, now, at this moment, or any moment, we're only cross-sections of our real selves. What we really are is the whole stretch of ourselves, all our time, and when we come to the end of this life, all those selves, all our time, will be us - the real you, the real me. And then perhaps we'll find ourselves in another time, which is only another kind of dream.
fashion bullying prayer
Our dourest parsons, who followed the nonconformist fashion of long extemporary prayers, always seemed to me to be bent on bullying God.
technology thinking machines
Sometimes you might think the machines we worship make all the chief appointments, promoting the human beings who seem closest to them.
writing would-be ifs
Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
race needs pressure
Production goes up and up because high pressure advertising and salesmanship constantly create new needs that must be satisfied: this is Admass- a consumer's race with donkeys chasing an electric carrot.
norwich old-places sensible
What a grand, higgledy-piggledy, sensible old place Norwich is!
behind-you faces behinds
To put failure behind you, face up to it.
focus christ
To make the most of Christmas, focus on Christ.
teach one-thing
To love to teach is one thing, to love those you teach is another.