"In the two books I wrote, even..." - Quote by John Lennon
In the two books I wrote, even though they were written in a sort of Joycean gobbledegook, there's many knocks at religion and there is a play about a worker and a capitalist. I've been satirising the system since my childhood. I used to write magazines in school and hand them around.
More by John Lennon
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
“He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.”
“The only reason I went for that goal is that I wanted to say: 'Now, mummy-daddy, will you love me?'”
More on Writing
“There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake.”
“There is no urge so great as for one man to edit another man's work.”
“When I sit down to write a book, I do not know where the energy and the words come from. I just sit down, and soon it is flowing through my hand and onto the paper.”
More on Satire
“I say we scrap the current system and replace it with a system wherein you add your name to the bottom of a list, and then you send some money to the person at the top of the list, and then you... Oh, wait, that is our current system.”
“Satire, being levelled at all, is never resented for an offence by any.”
“The Internet "browser"... is the piece of software that puts a message on your computer screen informing you that the Internet is currently busy and you should try again later.”