Peter De Vries
Born: 02-27-1910
Peter De Vries was an American editor and novelist known for his sharp wit and humorous writing style. Born in 1910 in Chicago, he worked as an editor for The New Yorker, where he honed his comedic voice. De Vries authored numerous novels, including "Slouching Towards Kalamazoo" and "The Blood of the Lamb," blending satire with keen observations of human nature. His work remains influential in American comic literature.
Book summaries for books written by Peter De Vries
Quotes
Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.
A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another but to see one another through.
We are all commingled like the colors in a prism: all shades of the rainbow, inseparable.
The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.
The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.