When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art.' I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.

“In all the modern talk about energy, efficiency, social service and the rest of…”

“I never thought I should live to grow blasé about the sound of gunfire, but so …”

“Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.”

“Se le persone non sanno scrivere bene allora non sanno pensare bene e se non sa…”