"Writers are rarely their own best critics, nor are critics."

-- Anthony Burgess

#Critics Quotes

“Uriah looked better than he did an hour ago--he washed the blood from his mouth, and some of the color returned to his face. I'm struck, suddenly, by how handsome he is-- all his features are proportionate, his eyes dark and lively, his skin bronze-brown. And he has probably always been handsome. Only boys who have been handsome from a young age have that arrogance in their smile. Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles like he is surprised you bothered to look at him from the first place.”
“I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus”
“At 25, you've got millions of brain cells to kill.”
“I was with my wife for five years before we got married, so we've been together since I was 22.”

Source : "Mind Of A Married Man". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. October 12, 2007.
“I wouldn't mind getting emotionally involved with a woman.”

Source : "Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?". THe Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2005.
“I do normal kind of contributions, particularly for people who are going over to Africa and help highlighting global health, and that's tended to be pretty bipartisan in nature because of the coalition there exists fortunately around these global health issues. But I don't think my backing, putting a lot of money into political contributions is a way I'm going to try and help improve the world.”
“The police force were outstanding in their field. But all they did was stand in their field. They kept passengers on board while they played with a suspect package for two and three quarter hours. Extraordinary.”
“In the most modern theories of physics probability seems to have replaced aether as "the nominative of the verb 'to undulate'."”

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