As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people. P. G. Wodehouse More Quotes by P. G. Wodehouse More Quotes From P. G. Wodehouse Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share. P. G. Wodehouse egypt cat class I think the success of every novel - if it's a novel of action - depends on the high spots. The thing to do is to say to yourself, 'Which are my big scenes?' and then get every drop of juice out of them. The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a play. I say to myself, if a big name were playing this part, and if he found that after a strong first act he had practically nothing to do in the second act, he would walk out. Now, then, can I twist the story so as to give him plenty to do all the way through? P. G. Wodehouse strong writing character Rex Stout's narrative and dialogue could not be improved, and he passes the supreme test of being rereadable. I don't know how many times I have reread the Wolfe stories, but plenty. I know exactly what is coming and how it is all going to end, but it doesn't matter. That's writing. P. G. Wodehouse narrative stories writing When you're alone you don't do much laughing. P. G. Wodehouse laughing And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need. P. G. Wodehouse girl brain two The drowsy stillness of the afternoon was shattered by what sounded to his strained senses like G.K. Chesterton falling on a sheet of tin. P. G. Wodehouse afternoon tin fall She had more curves than a scenic railway P. G. Wodehouse railway scenic curves A roll and butter and a small coffee seemed the only things on the list that hadn't been specially prepared by the nastier-minded members of the Borgia family for people they had a particular grudge against, so I chose them. P. G. Wodehouse lists coffee people I attribute my whole success in life to a rigid observance of the fundamental rule - Never have yourself tattooed with any woman's name, not even her initials. P. G. Wodehouse success-in-life fundamentals names My motto is 'Love and let love' - with the one stipulation that people who love in glass-houses should breathe on the windows. P. G. Wodehouse glasses love people I don't know if you know it, J.B., but you're the sort of fellow who causes hundreds to fall under suspicion when he's found stabbed in his library with a paper-knife of Oriental design. P. G. Wodehouse knives design fall Flowers are happy things. P. G. Wodehouse happy-things flower reality 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. P. G. Wodehouse congratulations winning writing When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon. P. G. Wodehouse bombs girl love I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose. P. G. Wodehouse five stories writing I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit. P. G. Wodehouse curse typewriters writing It is the bungled crime that brings remorse. P. G. Wodehouse remorse crime regret To find a man's true character, play golf with him. P. G. Wodehouse golf character men It was one of those days you sometimes get latish in the autumn when the sun beams, the birds toot, and there is a bracing tang in the air that sends the blood beetling briskly through the veins. P. G. Wodehouse autumn air blood -'What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?' There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter P. G. Wodehouse jeeves ties matter
