More quotes by George Orwell

"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."
"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves."
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."
"If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them."