The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
As our Governments spin, lie and lose their credibility, the electorate simply shrugs and looks the other way. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
When I was 16 or 17, anyone could have had me if they sang the right song and recruited me in the… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The religious cant that will send American troops into battle is perhaps the most sickening aspect of this surreal war-to-be. Bush has… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“and the wood smoke will roll out of the fireplace on to the carpet we paid too much for on that rainy afternoon in… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Middle children weep longer than their brothers and sisters. Over her mother’s shoulder, stilling her pains and her injured pride, Jackie Lacon watched the… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
