Orville Prescott Quotes & Sayings

Few children learn to love books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful written word; someone has to lead the way. — Orville Prescott

Few children learn to read books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; Someone has to show them the way. — Orville Prescott

Wildly original, brilliantly comic, brutally gruesome, it is a dazzling performance that will probably outrage nearly as many readers as it delights. — Orville Prescott

Lolita... is undeniably news in the world of books. Unfortunately, it is bad news. There are two equally serious reasons why it isn't worth any adult reader's attention. The first is that it is dull, dull, dull in a pretentious, florid and archly fatuous fashion. The second is that it is repulsive. — Orville Prescott

The Seasons Difference is a suave and urbane comedy about several immense abstractions - faith, innocence, loneliness, and love. — Orville Prescott