Author: Peter De Vries

Quotes

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

- Peter De Vries

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

- Peter De Vries

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

- Peter De Vries

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

- Peter De Vries

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

- Peter De Vries

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

- Peter De Vries

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

- Peter De Vries

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

- Peter De Vries

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

- Peter De Vries

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