Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.
Author
P. G. Wodehouse
8 quotations
About P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr. Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by P. G. WodehouseSudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.
Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithf…
Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithf…
It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.
Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.
Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithf…
Advertisement