153 Quotes by A. N. Wilson

It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving the precise opposite of their aim.

In general, Hitler embodied the view of any popular newspaper.

We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.

As Hitler himself later enunciated, it matters not how idiotic the creed, what matters is the firmness with which it is enunciated.

I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.

I wanted passionately to be a priest.

We cannot hope for a society in which formal organized religion dies out. But we can stop behaving as if it was worthy of our collective respect.

We tell ourselves that God is dead, when what we mean is that God is Dad, and we wish him dead.

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.