Len Deighton Quotes
- Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.
- Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.
- The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.
- Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.
- I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.
- I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.
- When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.
- Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.
- Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.
- The factory workers say that it's impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if you arrive five…
- In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.