It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.

Lack of money means discomfort, means squalid worries, means shortage of tobacco, means ever-present consciousness of failure-above all, it means loneliness.

Let's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.

When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don't have to ask whose side I'm on.

If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out

The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.

There were sins that were too subtle to be explained, and there were others that were too terrible to be clearly mentioned. For example, there was sex, which was always smouldering just under the surface and which suddenly blew up into a tremendous row when I was about twelve.