I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it.

Quote by John Le Carre

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There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction.

There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction.

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents...

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents...

I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.

I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was...

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was...

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there...

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there...

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my...

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my...

If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my...

If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my...

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms...

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms...

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a...

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a...

I happen to write by hand. I don't even type. John Le Carre

I happen to write by hand. I don't even type. John Le Carre

I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature....

I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature....

Betrayal can only happen if you love.

Betrayal can only happen if you love.

Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think...

Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think...

In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to...

In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to...

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then...

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then...

Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street...

Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street...

Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and...

Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and...