“It is difficult not to write satire.”

“Truth is the mother of hatred.”

“Begin—to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this and thou wilt have finished.”

“Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.”

“Writing isn't difficult. Writing well is difficult. What is most difficult is being with the interior experience that manifests as resistance to writing.”

“To write simply is as difficult as to be good.”

“Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.”