The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

Quote by Anthony Burgess

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I didn't think; I experimented.

I didn't think; I experimented.

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be...

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be...

The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.

The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

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

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

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean,...

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean,...

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait...

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait...

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead...

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead...

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

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

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation....

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation....

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where...

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that...

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that...

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic...

People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic...