The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
Anthony Burgess

I didn't think; I experimented.
Anthony Burgess

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.
Anthony Burgess

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.
Anthony Burgess

Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.
Anthony Burgess

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Anthony Burgess

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000.
Anthony Burgess

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.
Anthony Burgess