Today’s Quote

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” -Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley is a famous 20th-century writer. Born in England, he spent his early career writing satires and contributing to Vanity Fair and Vogue magazine. The First World War had a profound effect on Huxley’s thinking and made him a staunch pacifist. In 1937, Aldous left England for America to be a writer in Hollywood.

The subsequent year Aldous made close to $3,000 a week writing for major studios. About $50,000 in today’s money. The money was never idle. Huxley spent the majority of it helping Jewish and left-wing refugees flee Hitler’s Germany.

Aldous Huxley contributed to screenplays like Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre, and even wrote a script for Alice in Wonderland though the script was never used.