No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than...
The intellectual is different from the ordinary man but only in certain...
In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the...
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it...
As with the Christian religion the worst advertisement for Socialism is its...
Power is not a means it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in...
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power.
Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in 'Black Mask' magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world.