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> [However you disguise novels, they are always biographies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/however-you-disguise-novels-they-are-always-biographies/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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> [Biography always has fulfiled this role. Robinson Crusoe is a biography, as is Tom Jones. You can go through the whole range…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/biography-always-has-fulfiled-this-role-robinson-crusoe-is-a/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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> [ Every novel is a biography. Well, then, this is a novel \[The Paper Men\] which is a biography that is pretending to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/every-novel-is-a-biography-well-then-this-is-a-novel-the-paper-men/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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## Other authors on Biographies

## More by William Golding

> [Heaven lies around us in our infancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/heaven-lies-around-us-in-our-infancy/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [“Sucks to your ass-mar!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/sucks-to-your-ass-mar/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/ralph-wept-for-the-end-of-innocence-the-darkness-of-man-s-heart-and/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [“Once more, amid the breeze, the shouting, the slanting sunlight on the high mountain, was shed that glamour, that strange invisible light of friendship,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/once-more-amid-the-breeze-the-shouting-the-slanting-sunlight-on-the/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [“There ought to be some mode of life where all love is good, where one love can't compete with another but adds to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/there-ought-to-be-some-mode-of-life-where-all-love-is-good-where-one/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/his-mind-was-crowded-with-memories-memories-of-the-knowledge-that-had/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [“I stood, in shame and confusion, seeing for the first time despite my anger a different picture of Evie in her life-long struggle to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/i-stood-in-shame-and-confusion-seeing-for-the-first-time-despite-my/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [When you take a child who's hollering like hell, sit him on your knee, and say "once upon a time", you stop him hollering.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/when-you-take-a-child-who-s-hollering-like-hell-sit-him-on-your-knee/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [I am here; and here is nowhere in particular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/i-am-here-and-here-is-nowhere-in-particular/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/the-beast-was-harmless-and-horrible-and-the-news-must-reach-the/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [“He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/he-tried-to-convey-the-compulsion-to-track-down-and-kill-that-was/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/i-m-scared-of-him-said-piggy-and-that-s-why-i-know-him-if-you-re/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/the-trouble-was-if-you-were-a-chief-you-had-to-think-you-had-to-be/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [“But nobody else understands about the fire. If someone threw you a rope when you were drowning. If a doctor said take this because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/but-nobody-else-understands-about-the-fire-if-someone-threw-you-a/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

> [“I think women are foolish to pretend that they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/i-think-women-are-foolish-to-pretend-that-they-are-equal-to-men-they/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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