Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than... - George Orwell

"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

"To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle."

"Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand."

"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

"All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand."