Professional Writer Quotes by Len Deighton

“she still had that fundamental insecurity that one bout of poverty can inflict for a lifetime, and no amount of money remedy.”

— Len Deighton

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

— Len Deighton

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

— Len Deighton

“England's civil war had ended in a consensus as the English discovered that they hated foreigners more than they hated their own countrymen.”

— Len Deighton

“Why do these people love you, Archer? Is it simply because you show little or no response to their affection?”

— Len Deighton

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

— Len Deighton

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never…

— Len Deighton

“For fear is so unwelcome that it comes only in disguise, and guilt is its favourite one.”

— Len Deighton

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second…

— Len Deighton

“When they ask me to become president of the United States I'm going to say, "Except for Washington D.C.”

— Len Deighton

Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

— Len Deighton

“Enrolment is tricky. You are telling lies to highly skilled liars.”

— Len Deighton

“Or was the truth - like so many truths - not any one of the envisaged possibilities?”

— Len Deighton

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.

— Len Deighton

“Anyone can write one book; for instance even politicians do it! Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer”

— Len Deighton