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Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. Anthony Burgess
The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. Anthony Burgess
We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation. 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
Life is a wretched grey Saturday, but it has to be lived through. Anthony Burgess
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. Anthony Burgess
If you write fiction you are, in a sense, corrupted. There's a tremendous corruptibility for the fiction writer because you're dealing mainly with sex and violence. These remain the basic themes, they're the basic themes of Shakespeare whether you like it or not. Anthony Burgess