#on

Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#am #britain #having #i #like

On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New College, and Merton, and the great booming of Tom tolling 101 times at 9 pm at Christ Church are inextricably interwoven with memories and regrets and lost joys. The sound almost sends me mad, so intense are the feelings it evokes. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#booming #christ #church #clock #college

Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#gets #i #i think #much #personally

There is no doubt that, since 1977 and the launch of Apple II - the first computer it produced for the mass market - many things which used to be done on paper, or on the telephone, have been done easier and faster on a screen. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#apple ii #been #computer #done #doubt

I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it's going to be about a piano, but that's it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along. ↗

— August Wilson

#along #characters #discover #go #going

Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#convinced #die #existence #explanations #friends

Once a Catholic always a Catholic. ↗

— Angus Wilson

#catholic #once

I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#almost #decided #done #famous #guess

It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the '70s. There wasn't a mold if you were a woman and you were in the entertainment in the '70s. You were probably a disco diva or a folk singer, or simply ornamental. Radio would play only one woman per hour. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#disco #diva #entertainment #folk #folk singer

No way, because there's love relationships, there's sex relationships and then there's the band. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#because #love #relationships #sex #then