Language exists less to record the actual than to liberate the imagination. - Anthony Burgess
Es tan inhumano ser totalmente bueno como totalmente malvado. Lo importante es la elección moral. - Anthony Burgess
Colonialism. The enforced spread of the rule of reason. But who is going to spread it among the colonizers? - Anthony Burgess
When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess
Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. - Anthony Burgess
A work of fiction should be, for its author, a journey into the unknown, and the prose should convey the difficulties of the journey. - Anthony Burgess
Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through. - Anthony Burgess
Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. - Anthony Burgess
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. - Anthony Burgess
Hay pecado supongo, pero el castigo fue del todo desproporcionado. Te han convertido en algo que ya no es una criatura humana. Ya no estás en condiciones de elegir. Estás obligado a tener una conducta que la sociedad considera aceptable, y eres una máquina que sólo puede hacer bien". - Anthony Burgess
Minister: As I was saying, Alex, you can be instrumental in changing the public verdict. Do you understand, Alex? Have I made myself clear?Alex: As an unmuddied lake, Fred. As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer. You can rely on me, Fred. - Anthony Burgess
If a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess
I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us. - Anthony Burgess