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Anthony Powell
7 quotes
“The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd – one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like – one writes novels about it.”
Anthony Powell (1905–2000) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Times, May 15, 1986.
“Parents – especially step-parents – are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fufill the promise of their early years.”
Anthony Powell (1905–2000) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Buyer's Market (1952), ch. 2.
“He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful.”
Anthony Powell (1905–2000) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Acceptance World (1955), ch. 1.
“Self-love seems so often unrequited.”
Anthony Powell (1905–2000) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Acceptance World (1955), ch. 1.
“[T]here is no greater sign of innate misery than a love of teasing.”
Anthony Powell (1905–2000) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At Lady Molly's (1957), ch. 1.
“Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.”
Anthony Powell (1905–2000) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Temporary Kings (1973), ch. 1.
“People think because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Because a novel's invented, it is true. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they can't include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that. The novelist himself lays it down. His decision is binding.”
Anthony Powell (1905–2000) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975), ch. 3.