There is no room in these streamlined days for such artistry. Everything is now decided by rule and rote, but this is one of the reasons why England … - Fred Hoyle

Not everyone views the government with quite the same disrespect that you do."
"No, more's the pity.

I do not see any sense in continuing to skirmish on a battlefield where I can never hope to win. The Cambridge system is effectively designed to prevent one ever establishing a directed policy — key decisions can be upset by ill-informed and politically motivated committees. To be effective in this system one must for ever be watching one's colleagues, almost like a Robespierre spy system. If one does so, then of course little time is left for any real science.

It is easy to give a recipe for writing a successful non-fiction book—simply find grounds for optimism that no one has spotted before and expatiate thereon.