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As far as the novel is concerned in my own country, I think it's in a pretty healthy state.

William Golding

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William Golding
Age: 81 †
Born: 1911
Born: September 19
Died: 1993
Died: June 19
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I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are important, and therefore I want people to take them seriously. And to read it twice of course is taking it seriously.
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I'm scared of him, said Piggy, and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again it's like asthma an' you can't breathe.
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Are we savages or what?
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I also know Patrick White in Australia, both personally and as a writer, and Salman Rushdie in India.
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And I've been wearing specs since I was three.
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Graham Greene at 82 years old was still writing, and I don't think anyone can deny the force, the expertise, and the unique quality of his writing, if you take his complete oeuvre.
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We're not savages. We're English.
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I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a story teller.
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