This paper by its very length defends itself against the risk of being read.

This is Winston Churchill speaking. If you have a microphone in my room it is a waste of time. I do not talk in my sleep

To improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often.

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learnt to like it.

Matter of fact, the first three or four chapters are all some of you might want to bother with. That gets you to page 123 or so, which is a nice length, a nice…

There is not an idea that cannot be expressed in 200 words. But the writer must know precisely what he wants to say. If you have nothing to say and want badly …

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far …