"All writers are vain, selfish and lazy,..." - Quote by George Orwell

“Whoever controls the image and information of the past determines what and how future generations will think; whoever controls the information and images of the present determines how those same people will view the past." "He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past.”

“All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth.”

“All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. The larger evils invariably escaped their notice.”

“Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.”

“Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.”

“I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers.”

“All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.”

“Ask someone you'd like to know to list five people they would most like to meet. It will tell you a lot about them.”

“When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.”