Alan Hollinghurst Quotes

There is a sort of aesthetic poverty about conservatism

she kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face.

She felt that at some point she must finally and formally talk to Louisa about Hubert, and ask her to acknowledge that the worst possible thing had happened to her as well.

Andrew Davies has said he prefers his authors dead, and I can see there is only a limited usefulness in a live one when it comes to adaptation.

The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other.