“If I were to say that the defining characteristic of PG Wodehouse, the man, was his professionalism, that might make him sound rather dull. We look for eccentricity, sexual weirdness, family trauma and personal demons in our great men. Wodehouse, who knew just what was expected of authors, was used to having to apologise for a childhood that was “as normal as rice-pudding” and a life that consisted of little more than “sitting in front of the typewriter and cursing a bit”.” — “What ho! My hero, PG Wodehouse”, The Independent, 18 January 2000

“I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today, whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me. But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.” — “What ho! My hero, PG Wodehouse”, The Independent, 18 January 2008