Graham Greene Quotes
...every monologue sooner or later becomes a discussion.
Greene, Graham. The End of the Affair. William Heinemann, 1951.
Attlee, then a young minister, was at a Cabinet meeting where the Prime Minister who could be very long-winded, called the meeting to reach a decision on something. He then began to frame the issue and went on and on. After a long time, young Attlee interrupted.
Henry Graham Greene OM CH was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted, in 1966 and 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world.
