The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn.

Quote by Graham Greene

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The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard...

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard...

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into...

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into...

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war,...

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war,...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

Failure too is a form of death.

Failure too is a form of death.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for...

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for...

Paranoia will get you through times of no enemies better than enemies will get you...

Paranoia will get you through times of no enemies better than enemies will get you...