Age Quote by John le Carre

I spent almost a decade as an undercover officer in the CIA. I was the guy in the back alleys at four o'clock in…

— Will Hurd

I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.

— Ben Macintyre

'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' was the work of a wayward imagination brought to the end of its tether by political…

— John le Carre

I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I…

— Nelson DeMille

The merit of 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' then - or its offence, depending where you stood - was not that…

— John le Carre

I romanticized about it in my twenties, but I don't think I would have enjoyed being a spy. I worry too much.

— Mark Ivanir

I am literally the worst person at keeping secrets. I'd be the worst spy of all time.

— Keri Russell

I've known several spies who have wanted to become novelists. And novelists who became spies, of course.

— Christopher Koch

I spent close to a decade as an undercover officer in the CIA and have spent most of my adult life collecting intelligence and…

— Will Hurd

I invented the historical spy novel.

— Alan Furst

I got a top-secret security clearance and served in the CIA.

— Todd Wilcox

“That wasn't like spying. Any fool can spy. A spy has a clean, exciting life. But try and spend ten years in a hard…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn