"Completing a book, it's a little like having…" — John le Carre

"Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby."

— John le Carre

Baby Quotes Book Quotes Completing Quotes Having Quotes Having A Baby Quotes Like Quotes Little Quotes Little Like Quotes Littles Quotes

126 Quotes by John le Carre

John le Carre has 126 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which…
Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as…
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry,…
My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its…
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you…
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
A committee is an animal with four back legs.
The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern…
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,…
Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

See all 126 quotes by John le Carre »

More Baby Quotes

This quote is filed under Baby Quotes, one of 5,122 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like… — David Attenborough
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her… — Enid Bagnold
There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of… — James A. Baldwin
I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.' — Tyra Banks
It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a… — Tyra Banks
It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why… — Dave Barry
If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you… — Dave Barry
I feel like some of my baby fat is going away, and that's not just physically, it's psychologically. I think… — Drew Barrymore
There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy… — Charles Baudelaire
I have no TV, thank God. I haven't heard anything about Tom Cruise, except that he had a baby, I… — Emmanuelle Beart
If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? — Milton Berle
Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is… — Halle Berry

See all 5,122 Baby Quotes »