It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do know with some clarity what kind of book I want to write.

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.

England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues....

I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.

An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face.

To become the spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

When the enemy attacks you, this means that you are on the right road.

If you seek to change your life and attain enlightenment, you must deal with these questions. If there is no truth in this, then ignore these silly words.

If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.

Ocean, Ocean I'll beat you in the end.

... America has amnesia. ... Certainly, there is a passion for memory loss in American thought. ... Americans may be the world champion forgetters.

If a man has important work, and enough leisure and income to enable him to do it properly, he is in possession of as much happiness as is good for any of the children of Adam.