24 “thinking about all the George Orwell jokes” – Reprinted in Rodden, The Politics of Literary Reputation, p. 235.
25 “As a forecaster” – The Futurist, December 1983.
26 “proved wrong” – Isaac Asimov, “It’s Up to the Scientists. . to Refute Orwell’s 1984”, Science Digest, August 1979.
27 “According to Orwell” – Reprinted in Rodden, The Politics of Literary Reputation, p. 257.
28 “a dirty little scoundrel” – Orwell, “Benefit of Clergy”, CW XVI, 2481, p. 237.
29 “Big Brother’s screaming” – Oingo Boingo, “Wake Up (It’s 1984)” (A&M, 1983).
30 “I never read Orwell’s book” – New York Times, January 1, 1984.
31 “I believe” – Cathy Booth, “1984– The Year of the Book”, UPI, January 1, 1984.
32 “I do not believe” – Orwell’s Statement on Nineteen Eighty-Four, CW XX, 3636, p. 136.
33 “I am not in the prediction business” – Robertson.
34 “never has any single man” – George Steiner, “Killing Time”, New Yorker, December 12, 1983.
35 “I’ve fucked up my life” – David Plante, Difficult Women: A Memoir of Three (Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1983), p. 99.
36 “spouted Orwell like a fountain” – Variety, April 25, 1984.
37 “the Star Wars or 2001: A Space Odyssey” – Photoplay, December 1984.
38 “We had to guarantee” and following quotes– Author interview with Michael Radford.
39 “You know, this really is frightening” – Fiona Kieni, “John Hurt on Nineteen Eighty-Four”, Metro Magazine, no. 65, 1984.
40 “We were lumbered” – Guardian, October 11, 1984.
41 “general knowledge that was in the atmosphere” – Terry Gilliam, Charles Alverson & Bob McCabe, Brazil: The Evolution of the 54th Best British Film Ever Made (Orion, 2001), p. 12.
42 “Brazil came specifically” – Salman Rushdie, “An Interview with Terry Gilliam”, Believer, March 2003.
43 “The Ministry needs terrorists” – Gilliam, Alverson and McCabe, p. 157.