Angus Wilson

The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.

Once a Catholic always a Catholic.

I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.