A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual.
Anthony BurgessIt may not be nice to be good, little 6655321. It may be horrible to be good. And when I say that to you I realize how self-contradictory that sounds. I know I shall have many sleepless nights about this. What does God want? Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him? Deep and hard questions, little 6655321.
Anthony BurgessIt's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you watch them on a screen.
Anthony Burgess