Anthony Burgess Quotes

The downtrodden who are the great creators of slang hurl pithiness and colour at poverty and oppression.

Without class differences England would cease to be the living theatre it is.

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

To devastate is easier and more spectacular than to create.

I was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt can seriously impair the sensation of freedom one has.

The heresy of an age of reason. I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.

You've sinned, I suppose, but your punishment has been out of all proportion. They have turned you into something other than a human being. You have no power of choice any longer. You are committed to socially acceptable acts, a little machine capable only of good.

Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.