Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

‚1984‘ is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names.

Read with care, George Orwell’s diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

Well, I’m in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I’m 100 percent fiction writer… I don’t want to write messages. I want to write good stories. I think of myself as a political person, but I don’t state my political messages to anybody.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.

Big Brother is watching you.