V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett
Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett CH CBE, was a British writer and literary critic...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 December 1900
giving storytelling tales
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.
looks world roles
It is the role of the poet to look at what is happening in the world and to know that quite other things are happening.
believe what-if unsuccessful
It is exciting and emancipating to believe we are one of nature's latest experiments, but what if the experiment is unsuccessful?
language spells
I am under the spell of language, which has ruled me since I was 10.
writing mind landscape
Writing enlarges the landscape of the mind.
writing details stories
Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.
couple extremely good next proud returning season starters
I'm extremely proud of this group. With 4 of our 5 starters returning next season we feel very good about the next couple of seasons.
art hands stories
The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the primitive craving for art, the wit, paradox and beauty of shape, the longing to see a dramatic pattern and significance in our experience.
I shall never be as old as I was between 20 and 30.
happiness
The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.
men armchairs mausoleum
Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.
character stories celebration
A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point.
art max comedy
Among the masked dandies of Edwardian comedy, Max Beerbohm is the most happily armored by a deep and almost innocent love of himself as a work of art.
art credit
It's all in the art. You get no credit for living.