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A. N. Wilson

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I wanted passionately to be a priest.


— A. N. Wilson


#passionately #priest #wanted

I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.


— A. N. Wilson


#boring #here #i #neither #nor

I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.


— A. N. Wilson


#corner #dining #i #jane #jane austen

I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.


— A. N. Wilson


#beginning #i #idea #jolly #know

I've got nothing very original to say myself.


— A. N. Wilson


#i #myself #nothing #original #say

I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.


— A. N. Wilson


#corner #dining #had #i #jane

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.


— A. N. Wilson


#elizabeth #elizabeth i #giving #had #her

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.


— A. N. Wilson


#day #i #imagine #journalists #long

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 cry, that's honey.


— A. N. Wilson


#awfully #cry #going #honey #howl

'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.


— A. N. Wilson


#companion #grownup #life






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In a private settlement Wilson was forced to publish an apology and retraction acknowledging that there had been no basis for his claims. He claimed that the chances of filming natural behaviour like this were far too low and that the crew must have thrown baby penguins to the seal until they got the shot they wanted. S.

Andrew Norman Wilson (born 27 October 1950) is an English writer and newspaper columnist known for his critical biographies novels works of popular history and religious views. He is an occasional columnist for the Daily Mail and former columnist for the London Evening Standard and has been an occasional contributor to the Times Literary Supplement New Statesman The Spectator and The Observer.

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