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Evidently There Are Plenty Of People In Journalism Who Have Neither Got What They Liked Nor Quite Grown To Like What They Get. They Write Pieces They Do Not Much Enjoy Writing, For Papers They Totally Despise, And The Sad Process Ends By Ruining Their Style And Disintegrating Their Personality, Two Developments Which In A Writer Cannot Be Separate, Since His Personality And Style Must Progress Or Deteriorate Together, Like A Married Couple In A Country Where Death Is The Only Permissible Divorce.

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.

An Autobiography Should Give The Reader Opportunity To Point Out The Author's Follies And Misconceptions.

Never Underestimate The Effectiveness Of A Straight Cash Bribe.

What Arouses The Indignation Of The Honest Satirist Is Not, Unless The Man Is A Prig, The Fact That People In Positions Of Power Or Influence Behave Idiotically, Or Even That They Behave Wickedly. It Is That They Conspire Successfully To Impose Upon The Public A Picture Of Themselves As So Very Sagacious, Honest And Well-intentioned.