My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria. A. N. Wilson
I’m like Jane Austen – I work on the corner of the dining table. A. N. Wilson
I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy. A. N. Wilson
I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father. A. N. Wilson
I don’t write books inadvertently. A. N. Wilson
Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness – perhaps unimaginative of me. A. N. Wilson
The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind A. N. Wilson
Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements … Read More
History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines. A. N. Wilson
Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed. A. N. Wilson
I suppose if I’d got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons … Read More
If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they … Read More
We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us. A. N. Wilson
Anti-Semitism is extremely common. A. N. Wilson
If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that’s obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or … Read More
I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death. A. N. Wilson
I had lost faith in biography. A. N. Wilson
The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists. A. N. Wilson
I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them. A. N. Wilson
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. A. N. Wilson
