WIST

Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
(Attributed)

We cannot get grace from gadgets. In the Bakelite house of the future, the dishes may not break, but the heart can. Even a man with ten shower baths may find life flat, stale and unprofitable.

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
(Attributed)

Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness – when a glorious idea comes to mind and, secondly, when a last page has been written and you haven’t had time to know how much better it ought to be.

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
International Herald Tribune (3 Jan 1978)

I can’t help feeling wary when I hear anything said about the masses. First you take their faces from ‘em by calling ‘em the masses and then you accuse ‘em of not having any faces.

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
Saturn over the Water, ch. 2 (1961)