Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess
John Anthony Burgess Wilson, FRSL – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English writer and composer. From relatively modest beginnings in a Catholic family in Manchester, he eventually became one of the best known English literary figures of the latter half of the twentieth century...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 February 1917
Anthony Burgess quotes about
novelist permitted
A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although. . . he may be permitted to be an intellectual.
creators great
The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang.
average branch chain large number university
Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000.
contract honor love mean promise
When we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract
modern-youth down-and great-music
Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten Modern Youth down and make Modern Youth more Civilized. Civilized my syphilised yarbles.
political pretending died
If I had died it would have been even better for you political bratchnies, would it not, pretending and treacherous droogs as you are.' But all that came out was er er er.
alex
Alex like groweth up, Oh Yes.
kissing profound lips
And to all others in this story profound shooms of lip music brrrrrr. And they can kiss my sharries.
civilised
Civilised my syphilised yarbles.
interesting choices relief
Life's only choosing when to die. Life's a big postponement because the choice is so difficult. It's a tremendous relief not to have to choose.
doctors credit guessing
Keep away from physicians. It is all probing and guessing and pretending with them. They leave it to Nature to cure in her own time, but they take the credit. As well as very fat fees.
god glasses world
As a chamber hung round about with looking-glasses represents the face upon every turn, thus all the world doth the mercy and the bounty of God; though that be visible, yet it discovers an invisible God and his invisible properties.
life-and-love dogma
Every dogma has its day.
life-is wells bits
Put it off for a bit. All life is putting off. Well, not entirely.