I know there isn't no beastโnot with claws and all that, I meanโbut I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unlessโ" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.
William GoldingOne's intelligence may march about and about a problem, but the solution does not come gradually into view. One moment it is not. The next it is there.
William GoldingHow can you expect to be rescued if you donโt put first things first and act proper?
William GoldingYou have the older generation like Iris Murdoch and Angus Wilson who are not as old as Graham Greene, but still are coming on. I dare say anyone who knew the scene better than I know it could fill it in with a very satisfactory supply of novels.
William GoldingI wouldn't have thought that the techniques of story-telling, which is what the novel is after all, can vary much because there are two things involved.There's a story and there's a listener, whose attention you have to keep. Now the only way in which you can keep a reader's attention to a story is in his wanting to know what is going to happen next. This puts a fairly close restriction on the method you must use.
William Golding