Arthur Koestler Quotes


One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up.


Citations

Koestler, Arthur. The Invisible Writing: An Autobiography. Macmillan, 1954, p. 19.

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Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler
  • Born: September 5, 1905
  • Died: March 1, 1983
  • Nationality: Hungarian, British
  • Profession: Novelist, Essayist, Journalist

Arthur Koestler, CBE was a Hungarian British author, journalist and jewish intellectual. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931, Koestler joined the Communist Party of Germany, but he resigned in 1938 because Stalinism disillusioned him.