Average Quote by John le Carre

It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.

— Andrew Scott

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before,…

— John le Carre

In 'A Scanner Darkly,' as in 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' all intersubjective relations devolve into webs of suspicion and betrayal.

— Mark Fisher

I don't like intrigue. I'm not a man of intrigue.

— Peter Handke

What I really found was that the one similarity between 'Covert Affairs' and 'Fair Game' is a deep love and admiration and fascination with…

— Doug Liman

It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take…

— John le Carre

Obviously, anyone who has seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith knows that husband and wife married spies is something that I find particularly interesting.

— Doug Liman

The world has changed, the CIA is having to change, and again, the challenge for someone like me as a spy novelist is to…

— David Ignatius

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

The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it…

— John le Carre

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

— Christopher Koch

It is my writing dilemma. The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at…

— John le Carre