Paul Scott
Paul Scott
Paul Mark Scottwas an English novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy The Raj Quartet. His novel Staying On won the Booker Prize for 1977...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 March 1920
bicycle country fine goes landscape piece taken walking
There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast.
british-novelist school
We need to be able to go to school and feel safe and accepted for who we are.
imagination enough
Imagination is not enough. Knowledge is necessary.
gossip population servant
Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.