I don’t think they [contemporary writers] read me either. I mean, if we’re concerned genuinely with writing, I think we probably get on with our work.
WILLIAM GOLDINGThe thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.
More William Golding Quotes
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The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won’t tell.
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Percival was mouse-coloured and had not been very attractive even to his mother.
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Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.
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Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses.
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Philosophy and Religion-what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps?
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We’re all mad, the whole damned race. We’re wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we’re all mad and in solitary confinement.
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I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.
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In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.
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The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he’s written it.
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And I’ve been wearing specs since I was three.
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While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can’t discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn’t really matter.
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If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.” “If you don’t blow, we’ll soon be animals anyway.
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One tries to tell a truth, and one hopes that the truth has a general application rather than just a specific one.
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They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.
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We’re not savages. We’re English.
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