Prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house.

What is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way around. In prose, the worst thing you can do with words is to surrender to them.

A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and covering up the details...

Check your heart and make sure your intention steers you in the right direction.

I was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober.

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I can't stop to count it.

The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.

A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned

I could never make a ballet by wrinkling my brow and concentrating. If you set out deliberately to make a masterpiece, how will you ever get it finished?

If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.

The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

Jadeja has been sent by N. Srinivasan to play cricket and then go back…to Dhoni.

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.