J. B. Priestley

“There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.”

“Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.”

“The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.”

“We pay when old for the excesses of youth.”

“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.”

“Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.”

“Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.”

“Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.”

“To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.”

“If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.”

“To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.”