--- title: "59 David Lodge Quotes - Famous Writer (Small World)" description: "English writer (1935–2025). Browse 59 David Lodge quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lodge-27708.jpg" --- ![Portrait of David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lodge-27708.jpg) # David Lodge (1935–2025) Writer United Kingdom **59** quotes in **268** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David Lodge was a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *Small World*. ## Quick Facts About David Lodge Born January 28, 1935 Died January 1, 2025 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works Small World ## About David Lodge English writer (1935–2025). ## Awards & Honors Hawthornden Prize Commander of the Order of the British Empire Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature ## Quotes by David Lodge > [“but the creative juices dry up if they're not kept in circulation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/but-the-creative-juices-dry-up-if-they-re-not-kept-in-circulation/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Creative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/david-lodge-11610_creative-juices_but-the-creative-juices-dry-up-if-they-r_1855657.jpg) > [“Information is the religion of the modern world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/information-is-the-religion-of-the-modern-world/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Data](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/data/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/david-lodge-11610_data_information-is-the-religion-of-the-moder_709934.jpg) > [Every decoding is another encoding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/every-decoding-is-another-encoding/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Decoding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decoding-43898/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/david-lodge-11610_quote_every-decoding-is-another-encoding-16107_1610723.jpg) > [I respect a man who can recognize a quotation. It's a dying art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/i-respect-a-man-who-can-recognize-a-quotation-it-s-a-dying-art/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/david-lodge-11610_art_i-respect-a-man-who-can-recognize-a-quot_2453589.jpg) > [Life, after all, should go forwards, not backwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/life-after-all-should-go-forwards-not-backwards/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Backwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/david-lodge-11610_backwards_life-after-all-should-go-forwards-not-ba_2786467.jpg) > [“He hugs the thought to himself with guilty glee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/he-hugs-the-thought-to-himself-with-guilty-glee/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Guilty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guilty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/david-lodge-11610_guilty_he-hugs-the-thought-to-himself-with-guil_762019.jpg) > [Walt Whitman, he who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/walt-whitman-he-who-laid-end-to-end-words-never-seen-in-each-other-s/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Company](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/company/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/david-lodge-11610_company_walt-whitman-he-who-laid-end-to-end-word_1450981.jpg) > [“When does a novel begin? The question is almost as difficult to answer as the question, when does the human embryo become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/when-does-a-novel-begin-the-question-is-almost-as-difficult-to-answer/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/david-lodge-11610_books_when-does-a-novel-begin-the-question-is_791330.jpg) > [Perhaps that's what we're all looking for - desire undiluted by habit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/perhaps-that-s-what-we-re-all-looking-for-desire-undiluted-by-habit/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/david-lodge-11610_desire_perhaps-that-s-what-we-re-all-looking-fo_1112790.jpg) > [It's the only thing that keeps me going these days, travelling. Changes of scene, changes of faces](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/it-s-the-only-thing-that-keeps-me-going-these-days-travelling-changes/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Faces](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faces/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/david-lodge-11610_faces_it-s-the-only-thing-that-keeps-me-going_1218588.jpg) > [To read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/to-read-is-to-surrender-oneself-to-an-endless-displacement-of-2/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/david-lodge-11610_books_to-read-is-to-surrender-oneself-to-an-en_1563761.jpg) > [Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/literature-is-mostly-about-having-sex-and-not-much-about-having/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/david-lodge-11610_books_literature-is-mostly-about-having-sex-an_1097191.jpg) > [“wandering between two worlds, one lost, the other powerless to be born.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/wandering-between-two-worlds-one-lost-the-other-powerless-to-be-born/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Lost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/david-lodge-11610_quote_wandering-between-two-worlds-one-lost-th_1209584.jpg) > [“Literature is mostly about having sex and not having children. Life is the other way around”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/literature-is-mostly-about-having-sex-and-not-having-children-life-is/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/david-lodge-11610_books_literature-is-mostly-about-having-sex-an_2500953.jpg) > [“It was said that the view through the open window above the urinal, straight across the Bay to the Silver Span, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/it-was-said-that-the-view-through-the-open-window-above-the-urinal/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Kept Eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-eyes-342037/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/david-lodge-11610_quote_it-was-said-that-the-view-through-the-op_1055445.jpg) > [It was Adam Appleby's misfortune that at the moment of awakening from sleep his consciousness was immediately flooded with everything he least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/it-was-adam-appleby-s-misfortune-that-at-the-moment-of-awakening-from/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Adam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/david-lodge-11610_adam_it-was-adam-appleby-s-misfortune-that-at_814601.jpg) > [“So they stood upon the shores of Faith and felt the old dogmas and certainties ebbing away rapidly under their feet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/so-they-stood-upon-the-shores-of-faith-and-felt-the-old-dogmas-and/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Faith Felt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith-felt-733047/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/david-lodge-11610_faith-felt_so-they-stood-upon-the-shores-of-faith-a_373470.jpg) > [“Cica in fiecare grasan se afla cate-un slabanog care se lupta sa iasa la lumina, iar eu unul ii aud strigatele inabusite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/cica-in-fiecare-grasan-se-afla-cate-un-slabanog-care-se-lupta-sa-iasa/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/david-lodge-11610_amor_cica-in-fiecare-grasan-se-afla-cate-un-s_613071.jpg) > [“...my big depression. For six months I languished at the bottom of a deep hole, like the shaft of a waterless well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/my-big-depression-for-six-months-i-languished-at-the-bottom-of-a-deep/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Depression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depression/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/david-lodge-11610_depression_my-big-depression-for-six-months-i-langu_1418947.jpg) > [“Think of a ball of steel as large as the world, and a fly alighting on it once every million years. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/think-of-a-ball-of-steel-as-large-as-the-world-and-a-fly-alighting-on/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Eternity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eternity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/david-lodge-11610_eternity_think-of-a-ball-of-steel-as-large-as-the_2808046.jpg) > [“What are we all looking for? Happiness? One knows that doesn't last. Distraction, perhaps distraction from the ugly facts: that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/what-are-we-all-looking-for-happiness-one-knows-that-doesn-t-last/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/david-lodge-11610_death_what-are-we-all-looking-for-happiness-on_2584408.jpg) > [“Skaz is a rather appealing Russian word (suggesting "jazz" and "scat", as in "scat-singing", to the English ear) used to designate a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/skaz-is-a-rather-appealing-russian-word-suggesting-jazz-and-scat-as/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Russian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/russian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/david-lodge-11610_quote_skaz-is-a-rather-appealing-russian-word_1431832.jpg) > [to read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another, from one action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/to-read-is-to-surrender-oneself-to-an-endless-displacement-of/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/174/david-lodge-11610_action_to-read-is-to-surrender-oneself-to-an-en_1533932.jpg) > [Four times, under our educational rules, the human pack is shuffled and cut - at eleven-plus, sixteen-plus, eighteen-plus and twenty-plus - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/four-times-under-our-educational-rules-the-human-pack-is-shuffled-and/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Cutting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cutting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/david-lodge-11610_cutting_four-times-under-our-educational-rules-t_2420396.jpg) > [Language is the net that holds thought trapped within a particular culture. But if one could only strike the ball with sufficient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/language-is-the-net-that-holds-thought-trapped-within-a-particular/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Around the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around-the-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/david-lodge-11610_around-the-world_language-is-the-net-that-holds-thought-t_1130695.jpg) > [“What do we mean - it is a common term of praise - when we say that a book is "original"? Not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/what-do-we-mean-it-is-a-common-term-of-praise-when-we-say-that-a-book/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/david-lodge-11610_books_what-do-we-mean-it-is-a-common-term-of-p_2765368.jpg) > [Paraphrase, in the sense of summary, is as indispensable to the novel-critic as close analysis is to the critic of lyric poetry.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/paraphrase-in-the-sense-of-summary-is-as-indispensable-to-the-novel/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Analysis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analysis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/david-lodge-11610_analysis_paraphrase-in-the-sense-of-summary-is-as_1822916.jpg) > [“In fiction, especially in texts that are framed by a storytelling situation, aporia is a favourite device of narrators to arouse curiosity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/in-fiction-especially-in-texts-that-are-framed-by-a-storytelling/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/david-lodge-11610_nature_in-fiction-especially-in-texts-that-are_3004853.jpg) > [“For some days, now, the termperature had wavered between freezing and thawing and it was difficult to tell whether the sediment thickening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/for-some-days-now-the-termperature-had-wavered-between-freezing-and/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/david-lodge-11610_flower_for-some-days-now-the-termperature-had-w_2807835.jpg) > [“J. D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield is a literary descendant of Huck Finn: more educated and sophisticated, the son of affluent New Yorkers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/j-d-salinger-s-holden-caulfield-is-a-literary-descendant-of-huck-finn/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [New yorkers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/new-yorkers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/david-lodge-11610_new-yorkers_j-d-salinger-s-holden-caulfield-is-a-lit_1605821.jpg) > [“As is perhaps obvious, Morris Zapp had no great esteem for his fellow-labourers in the vineyards of literature. They seemed to him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/as-is-perhaps-obvious-morris-zapp-had-no-great-esteem-for-his-fellow/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Academia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/david-lodge-11610_academia_as-is-perhaps-obvious-morris-zapp-had-no_2640668.jpg) > [“All I'm saying is that there is a generation gap, and I think it revolves around this public/private thing. Our generation --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/all-i-m-saying-is-that-there-is-a-generation-gap-and-i-think-it/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/david-lodge-11610_generation-gap_all-i-m-saying-is-that-there-is-a-genera_1937723.jpg) > [“The choice of the point(s) of view from which the story is told is arguably the most important single decision that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/the-choice-of-the-point-s-of-view-from-which-the-story-is-told-is/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/david-lodge-11610_books_the-choice-of-the-point-s-of-view-from-w_3138832.jpg) > [“I could never feel like that about any public issue. Sometimes I wish I could. For me, if I'm honest, politics is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/i-could-never-feel-like-that-about-any-public-issue-sometimes-i-wish/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Important things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/important-things/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/david-lodge-11610_important-things_i-could-never-feel-like-that-about-any-p_2218064.jpg) > [“When April with its sweet showers has pierced the drought of March to the root, and bathed every vein of earth with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/when-april-with-its-sweet-showers-has-pierced-the-drought-of-march-to/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Academia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/david-lodge-11610_academia_when-april-with-its-sweet-showers-has-pi_1535886.jpg) > [“I can see myself acquiring bad habits from living here. My little house is equipped with a TV, and I've watched a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/i-can-see-myself-acquiring-bad-habits-from-living-here-my-little/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Bad habit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-habit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/david-lodge-11610_bad-habit_i-can-see-myself-acquiring-bad-habits-fr_1785143.jpg) > [“London, December 1915. In the master bedroom (never was the estate agent's epithet more appropriate) of Flat 21, Carlyle Mansions, Cheyne Walk,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/london-december-1915-in-the-master-bedroom-never-was-the-estate-agent/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Arts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/david-lodge-11610_arts_london-december-1915-in-the-master-bedro_2631158.jpg) > [“It was the excitement, the richness of the whole experience, the mixture of pleasure and danger and freedom and the sun. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/it-was-the-excitement-the-richness-of-the-whole-experience-the/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Avant garde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/avant-garde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/david-lodge-11610_avant-garde_it-was-the-excitement-the-richness-of-th_2627270.jpg) > [Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/universities-are-the-cathedrals-of-the-modern-age-they-shouldn-t-have/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/david-lodge-11610_age_universities-are-the-cathedrals-of-the-m_4870.jpg) > [“perhaps it will I said perhaps it will be wonderful perhaps even though it won't be like you think perhaps that won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/perhaps-it-will-i-said-perhaps-it-will-be-wonderful-perhaps-even/) [David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/) [Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/david-lodge-11610_said_perhaps-it-will-i-said-perhaps-it-will-b_268436.jpg) ## David Lodge by topic [Books (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/david-lodge/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/#itemlist", "name": "David Lodge Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“but the creative juices dry up if they're not kept in circulation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Lodge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/but-the-creative-juices-dry-up-if-they-re-not-kept-in-circulation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/david-lodge-11610_creative-juices_but-the-creative-juices-dry-up-if-they-r_1855657.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/david-lodge-11610_creative-juices_but-the-creative-juices-dry-up-if-they-r_1855657.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/david-lodge-11610_creative-juices_but-the-creative-juices-dry-up-if-they-r_1855657.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“but the creative juices dry up if they're not kept in circulation.” — David Lodge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Information is the religion of the modern world.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Lodge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/information-is-the-religion-of-the-modern-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/david-lodge-11610_data_information-is-the-religion-of-the-moder_709934.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/david-lodge-11610_data_information-is-the-religion-of-the-moder_709934.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/david-lodge-11610_data_information-is-the-religion-of-the-moder_709934.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Information is the religion of the modern world.” — David Lodge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every decoding is another encoding.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Lodge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/every-decoding-is-another-encoding/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/david-lodge-11610_quote_every-decoding-is-another-encoding-16107_1610723.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/david-lodge-11610_quote_every-decoding-is-another-encoding-16107_1610723.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/david-lodge-11610_quote_every-decoding-is-another-encoding-16107_1610723.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every decoding is another encoding.” — David Lodge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I respect a man who can recognize a quotation. 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Sometimes I wish I could. For me, if I'm honest, politics is background, news, almost entertainment. Something you switch on and off, like the TV. What I really worry about, what I can't switch off at will is, oh, sex, or dying or losing my hair. Private things. We're private people, aren't we, our generation? We make a clear distinction between private and public life; and the important things, the things that make us happy or unhappy are private. Live is private. Property is private. Parts are private. That's why the young radicals call for fucking in the streets. It's not just a cheap shock-tactic. 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The modern conference resembles the pilgrimage of medieval Christendom in that it allows the participants to indulge themselves in all the pleasures and diversions of travel while appearing to be austerely bent on self-improvement. 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My little house is equipped with a TV, and I've watched a lot this week. At home I seldom switch on before 'The Nine O'Clock News', and usually it's later than that, for an arts documentary or a film. This week I've been watching TV while eating my solitary dinner, and leaving it on afterwards because when I switched it off the silence seemed so deathly, and I can't stand listening to music on my tinny transistor radio. I've seen all kinds of programmes I never normally watch, soaps and sitcoms and police series, consuming them steadily and indiscriminately like a child eating its way through a bag of mixed sweets. For simple mindless distraction you can't beat early evening television. No scene lasts more than thirty seconds, and the stories jump from character so fast that you hardly notice how cardboard-thin they are.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Lodge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/i-can-see-myself-acquiring-bad-habits-from-living-here-my-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/david-lodge-11610_bad-habit_i-can-see-myself-acquiring-bad-habits-fr_1785143.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/david-lodge-11610_bad-habit_i-can-see-myself-acquiring-bad-habits-fr_1785143.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/david-lodge-11610_bad-habit_i-can-see-myself-acquiring-bad-habits-fr_1785143.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can see myself acquiring bad habits from living here. 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Inside my head, I had decided not to come back to England, so I was waking up in Plotinus, sitting in the sun in my happi-coat, looking out over the Bay, putting on Levis and a sports shirt, reading the Euphoric Times over breakfast, and wondering what would happen today, would there be a protest, a demonstration, would my class have to fight their way through teargas and picket lines or should we meet off-campus in somebody's apartment, sitting on the floor surrounded by posters and leaflets and paperbacks about encounter groups and avant garde theatre and Viet Nam.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Lodge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/it-was-the-excitement-the-richness-of-the-whole-experience-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/david-lodge-11610_avant-garde_it-was-the-excitement-the-richness-of-th_2627270.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/david-lodge-11610_avant-garde_it-was-the-excitement-the-richness-of-th_2627270.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/david-lodge-11610_avant-garde_it-was-the-excitement-the-richness-of-th_2627270.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was the excitement, the richness of the whole experience, the mixture of pleasure and danger and freedom…” — David Lodge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 39, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. 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