There is nothing quite so terrifying as a mad sheep.

A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig.

Believe nothing until it has been officially denied.

Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.

A newspaper is always a weapon in somebody's hands.

Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead.

An autobiography should give the reader opportunity to point out the author's follies and misconceptions.

If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe to be an urgent appointment.

So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.

Books fashion nets to sustain and support the reader as he falls helplessly through the chaos of his own existence.

An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion; the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it.

I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture.

I don't miss anything about the 1960s, not really. I did it. It's like asking, 'Do you miss the fourth grade?' I loved the fourth grade when I was in it, but I don't want to do it again.

A good education is a stepping-stone to wealth.

I always tell my fans that are closest to me, if it's not coming from my mouth, my website, or my appointed person, then it's generally not true. Or it's an exaggeration.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.

Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.

I don't understand why it has to be either - or - either socialism or democracy. Why can't we combine things to get the best of each system?