Bills Quote by John le Carre

To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I'm the enforcer. I'm the one who writes them a letter and says 'Shape…

— Barbara Bush

“Smiley presented an odd figure to his fellow passengers – a little fat man, rather gloomy, suddenly smiling, ordering a drink. The young, fair-haired…

— John le Carré

“Jeff Beall. Beall was a tall man with a bristling mustache and a wit as dry as sandpaper. He’d drive thirty miles to loan…

— Monica Hesse

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

“What’s your name?” was my first question. I couldn’t keep calling him Squirty though my pants were proof of the moniker’s accurateness. “James Franco.”…

— Jeaniene Frost

“Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business”

— J.K. Rowling

“O! I must tell you that I have fallen in love with a gentleman whom I have lately come acquainted with: he is about…

— Frances Burney

“According to an account in Anecdotes of the Telegraph, when his request was questioned, the man ran off, "grinning a horrible, ghastly smile".”

— Tom Standage

“Shithead Boss Man, eh? You know, Dylan, I really lucked out in the assistant department. The other partners in the firm have ended up…

— Lily Morton

“He leaned toward her, slowly raising his hand to his hat and then doffing it quickly, as if taken by surprise, when she leaned…

— Alice McDermott

Benedict is bumbly, sweet, affable; the nicest man you've met.

— Mark Gatiss

“Out from behind the desk where he’d been sitting, hidden by the piles of books, appeared a bespectacled, green-eyed man in a green plaid…

— Trenton Lee Stewart