P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBEwas an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth15 October 1881
passion love-life ideas
But what is the love life of newts, if you boil it right down? Didn't you tell me once that they just waggled their tails at one another in the mating season?''Quite correct.' I shrugged my shoulders. 'Well all right, if they like it. But it's not my idea of molten passion.
voice feelings certain
While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled. He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
boys men advice
Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache.
work names bob
Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.
wine heart thinking
The storm is over, there is sunlight in my heart. I have a glass of wine and sit thinking of what has passed.
horse golf gambling
Back horses or go down to Throgmorton Street and try to take it away from the Rothschilds, and I will applaud you as a shrewd and cautious financier. But to bet at golf is pure gambling.
golf mystery
Golf is the Great Mystery.
knitting smoking agents
Mr Howard Saxby, literary agent, was knitting a sock. He knitted a good deal, he would tell you if you asked him, to keep himself from smoking, adding that he also smoked a good deal to keep himself from knitting.
optimistic trying sides
So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life.
class community bishops
Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.
wave bark stout
I shuddered from stem to stern, as stout barks do when buffeted by the waves.
higher presses
Love has had a lot of press-agenting from the oldest times; but there are higher, nobler things than love.
blue tea muffins
...what I feel we ought to do at this juncture is to dash off somewhere where it's quiet and there aren't so many housesdancing the 'Blue Danube' and shove some tea into ourselves. And over the pot and muffins I shall have something veryimportant to say to you.
writing stories feels
I love writing. I never feel really comfortable unless I am either actually writing or have a story going. I could not stop writing.