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,…

- Angus Wilson

People are able to live with only half a heart, to live without real compassion, because they are able to use words that are only forms.

- Angus Wilson

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.

- Angus Wilson

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

- Angus Wilson

Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.

- Angus Wilson

All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some g…

- Angus Wilson

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

- Angus Wilson

The roots of art and play lie very close together.

- Angus Wilson

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

- Angus Wilson