Quotes from George Orwell, Why I Write

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues....

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 private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.

An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face.

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.