Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
Malcolm Bradbury
If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
Malcolm Bradbury
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.
Malcolm Bradbury
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.