We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.

Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.

The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.