The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one.

A writer should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.

Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.

Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to see everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they once possessed, and it may well turn out that people, being able to see and hear practically everything, will be specially interested in almost nothing.

All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.