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.

The imagination, like certain wild animals, will not breed in captivity.

Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date.

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.

Then the face of Big Brother faded away again and instead the three slogans of the Party stood out in bold capitals:  

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

Never use the passive where you can use the active.