Quotes by Malcolm Bradbury

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  A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

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  I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.

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  If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.

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  Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.

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  The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.