Literary Birthday – 13 July – David Storey

David Storey was born on 13 July 1933 and died on 27 March 2017.

David Storey Quotes

1. The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another’s little lapses.
2. Prizes tend to be rewarded to the reliable rather than the liabilities, and the liabilities are the people who matter in the end.
3. Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.
4. All the plays were written out with no knowledge of the theatre at all. The only plays that have ever worked are when I start with the first line and a vague idea of what they might be about and they write themselves.

David Storey was an English playwright, screenwriter, and award-winning novelist. He studied at Wakefield Art School from 1951-53, and subsequently at the Slade School in London. After his art studies and a career as a professional rugby player, he turned to writing. His plays have been produced throughout the world to great acclaim. Storey’s novels include Flight Into Camden, which won the Somerset Maugham Award, and Saville, which won the Booker Prize.

Source for image: United Agents Credit: Kate Storey

by Amanda Patterson
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