I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more of the military makeup. Whereas MI6 is more of a cerebral, intelligence-based, relationship-based service, i.e.,… — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has… — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
St. John of the Cross points out that the divine music can best be heard in solitude and silence. The sonorous music is not… — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
Worrying about how you'll be remembered is pointless. Better to try to live your life in such a way that people will respect you… — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a… — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make. — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
The first thing you should know about people is that you don’t know the first thing about them. — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
“I am not anti-American,' he said. 'I just despise the current American administration. I despair that Bush has made ordinary, decent people all over… — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
“He believed in the unarguable notion that if a young person is lucky enough to read the right books at the right time in… — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
