As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. They do not feel any enmity against me as an individual, nor I against them. They are only 'doing their duty'

The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

Rich people are poor people with money.

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper.

And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less exciting pastime than going to the dogs, the pictures or the pub, and not because books, whether bought or borrowed, are too expensive.

There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic.