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People don’t like using dictionaries when they’re reading mere novels.
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One goes on writing partly because it is the only available way of earning a living. It is a hard way and highly competitive. My heart drops into my bowels when I enter a bookshop and see how fierce the competition is. But one pushes on because one has to pay bills.
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It is important that a novel be approached with some urgency. Spend too long on it, or have great gaps between writing sessions, and the unity of the work tends to be lost.
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American writers drink when they are “blocked” and drunkenness—being a kind of substitute for art—makes the block worse.
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A character, to be acceptable as more than a chess piece, has to be ignorant of the future, unsure about the past, and not at all sure of what he’s supposed to be doing.
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John Anthony Burgess Wilson (1917-1993), known as Anthony Burgess, was a prolific and versatile writer, whose work spans over fifty books. His worldwide fame derives mainly from 'A Clockwork Orange', a masterpiece of dystopian fiction that examines society, violence, and human psychology through an innovative language, 'Nadsat'. Burgess possessed vast knowledge in linguistics, which was reflected in his ability to create fictional dialects and explore communication. His literary output also includes historical novels, works on music, and critical essays. His career was marked by a relentless pursuit of new forms of expression and a deep reflection on culture and identity.