“We can no longer expect the one big book, the single achievement, to be an author's claim to posterity's regard.”— Anthony Burgess, The Novel Now: A Student's Guide to Contemporary Fiction (1967)Share
“Home to people like me is not a place but all places, all places except the one we happen to be in at the moment.”— Anthony BurgessShare
“The important thing is to get yourself born. You’re entitled to that. But you’re not entitled to life.”— Anthony BurgessShare
“It is man's job to be curious; it is man's job to try to find out the truth about the world about us.”— Anthony BurgessShare
“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”— Benjamin FranklinShare
“The long, dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather.”— C.S. LewisShare
“In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure.”— ConfuciusShare
“I had not achieved a success; but I provoked an uproar; and the sensation was so agreeable that I resolved to try again.”— George Bernard ShawShare
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”— Miguel de CervantesShare
“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.”— Nelson MandelaShare
