V. S. Pritchett Quotes

Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.

A natural New Yorker is a native of the present tense.

The Canadian spirit is cautious observant and critical where the American is assertive.

The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.

The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.

In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.

Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.

Writing enlarges the landscape of the mind.

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

The State that cawing rookery of committees and subcommittees.