“We only need to wear shoes because the British built roads which hurt our feet.” — Anthony Burgess British Copy Share Image
This must be a real horrorshow film if you're so keen on my viddying it. — Anthony Burgess Cinema Copy Share Image
“You were not put on this Earth just to get in touch with god” — Anthony Burgess A-clockwork-orange Copy Share Image
The adult relation to books is one of absorbing rather than being absorbed. — Anthony Burgess Absorbing Copy Share Image
I think art is sublimated libido. You can’t be a eunuch priest, and you can’t be a eunuch artist. — Anthony Burgess Art Copy Share Image
I have heard earnest American sociologists say that American children have a right to the divorce experience as an enriching element of… — Anthony Burgess Children Copy Share Image
And to all others in this story profound shooms of lip music brrrrrr. And they can kiss my sharries. — Anthony Burgess Kissing Copy Share Image
Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit? — Anthony Burgess Extremes Copy Share Image
Reviewers do not read books with much care . . . their profession is more given to stupidity and malice and literary… — Anthony Burgess Book Copy Share Image
It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where… — Anthony Burgess Celebrate Copy Share Image
What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art. — Anthony Burgess Art Copy Share Image
Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive. — Anthony Burgess Constructive Copy Share Image
“If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange-meaning that he has the appearance of… — Anthony Burgess Evil Copy Share Image
As a chamber hung round about with looking-glasses represents the face upon every turn, thus all the world doth the mercy and… — Anthony Burgess Bounty Copy Share Image
“One thing I could never stand was to see a filthy dirty old drunky howling away at the filthy songs of his… — Anthony Burgess A-clockwork-orange Copy Share Image
Immortality makes sense only when the individual soul can be thought of as merging into a great collective mush of sainthood. If… — Anthony Burgess Collectives Copy Share Image
Oh, it was gorgeosity and yumyumyum. When it came to the Scherzo I could viddy myself very clear running and running on… — Anthony Burgess Carving Copy Share Image
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie and Dim, Dim being really dim, and we… — Anthony Burgess Alex Copy Share Image
“There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova… — Anthony Burgess A-clockwork-orange Copy Share Image
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… — Anthony Burgess Average Copy Share Image
“My book was Kennedyan and accepted the notion of moral progress. What was really wanted was a Nixonian book with no shred… — Anthony Burgess Books Copy Share Image
“But the not-self cannot have the bad, meaning they of the government and the judges and the schools cannot allow the bad… — Anthony Burgess Big mac Copy Share Image
It may not be nice to be good, little 6655321. It may be horrible to be good. And when I say that… — Anthony Burgess Be good Copy Share Image
... A CLOCKWORK ORANGE- and I said: 'That's a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?' Then I read… — Anthony Burgess Appropriate Copy Share Image
“but,brothers, this biting of their toe-nails over what is the cause of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing malchick...… — Anthony Burgess Badness Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in… — Anthony Burgess Abiding Copy Share Image
“What's all this about sin, eh?' 'That,' I said, very sick. 'Using Ludwig van like that. He did no harm to anyone.… — Anthony Burgess Beethoven Copy Share Image
The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps… — Anthony Burgess Bed Copy Share Image
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. — Anthony Burgess Comedy Copy Share Image
Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities. — Anthony Burgess Character Copy Share Image
All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else. — Anthony Burgess Atheism Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person you can never be disappointed. — Anthony Burgess Disappointed Copy Share Image
