Quotes by George Orwell, Why I Write

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All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news. — George Orwell, Why I Write
All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is — George Orwell, Why I Write
Here one comes upon an all-important English trait: the respect for constituitionalism and legality, the belief in 'the — George Orwell, Why I Write
In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues.... — George Orwell, Why I Write
England is not the jewelled isle of Shakespeare's much-quoted message, nor is it the inferno depicted by Dr Goebbels. Mo — George Orwell, Why I Write
I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of p — George Orwell, Why I Write
An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face. — George Orwell, Why I Write
It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do know with some clarity what kind of book I want to write. — George Orwell, Why I Write
I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter — George Orwell, Why I Write
Aesthetic enthusiasm. Perception of beauty in the external world, or, on the other hand, in words and their right arrang — George Orwell, Why I Write
England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old — George Orwell, Why I Write
If you have no money, men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last li — George Orwell, Why I Write