"All novels are experimental."

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Anthony Burgess

#Fiction Quotes #Novel Quotes

“On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit.”
“I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.”
“Ah, youth. It's like heroin you've smoked instead of snorted. Gone so fast you can't believe you still have to pay for it.”

Source : Josh Bazell (2009). “Beat The Reaper”, p.108, Random House
“I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer.”
“I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment.”
“Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?”
“Doubt is a virus that attacks our self-esteem, productivity and confidence. Faith that you and your life are perfectly unfolding is the strongest vaccine.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sean Stephenson from Jan 11, 2011
“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”

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