To put failure behind you, face up to it.

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare.

Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.

The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. Death, like birth, must be a tremendous event.

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.