Top 13 Quotes by Colin Wilson

About Colin Wilson

These are some quotes by English author Colin Wilson Writer, who lived between June 26, 1931 and December 5, 2013.

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

Colin Wilson

Whereas in the past optimism had been regarded as rather shallow - because 'oh well, it's just your temperament, you happen to be just a cheerful sort of person' - what I wanted to do was to establish that in fact it is the pessimists who are allowing all kinds of errors to creep into their work.

Colin Wilson

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

Colin Wilson

If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it's the feeling there's something basically wrong with human beings.

If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it's the feeling there's something basically wrong with human beings.

Colin Wilson

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

Colin Wilson

Criminals interest me, because they're driven by the same desires as we are, but they take these disastrous shortcuts and end up in a real mess.

Criminals interest me, because they're driven by the same desires as we are, but they take these disastrous shortcuts and end up in a real mess.

Colin Wilson

I've always been a pretty hard worker. That's how I've written over a hundred books.

I've always been a pretty hard worker. That's how I've written over a hundred books.

Colin Wilson

The complex develops out of the simple.

The complex develops out of the simple.

Colin Wilson

When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books.

When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books.

Colin Wilson

I'm basically a writer of ideas, and the English aren't interested in ideas. The English, I'm afraid, are totally brainless.

I'm basically a writer of ideas, and the English aren't interested in ideas. The English, I'm afraid, are totally brainless.

Colin Wilson

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