We're Taught Lord Acton's Axiom: All Power

You Come In Off The Street, Through The Doors Of The Theater. You Sit Down. The Lights Go Down And The Curtain Goes Up. And You're In Another World

Among The Reasons That You Go Into Journalism, I Suppose, Are Some Rather Idealistic, Even Foolish Reasons. In My Case One Of The Reasons Was I Wanted To Explain How Things Really Work, How Political Power Really Works.

The Right Of A Minority Is So Important In A Democracy.

The Moment The Curtain Rose On That First Ballet, I Knew Something Wonderful And New Had Come Into My Life. I Can Still See The First Scene. The Ballet Was Divertimento No. 15

You Can Lose A Reader In A Blink Of An Eye. If A Person Is An Engineer Or Chemist Or An Anthropologist Or Whatever, You Spoil The Whole Book For That Person If There's Obviously Ignorance Here. What's Wrong With So Much Science Fiction Is That The Science Is So Lousy That It Isn't Worth Paying Attention To.