Anthony Burgess Quotes (61 Quotes)

Death comes along like a gas bill one can't pay.

If you write fiction you are, in a sense, corrupted. There's a tremendous corruptibility for the fiction writer because you're dealing mainly with sex and violence. These remain the basic themes, they're the basic themes of Shakespeare whether you like it or not.

Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else.

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.