Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves.

Quote by John Le Carre

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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...

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

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...

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.

When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty...

When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty...

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...

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by...

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by...

You should have died when I killed you

You should have died when I killed you

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...

America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst...

America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst...

We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress...

We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress...

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...

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 am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.

I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.

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...

I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man.

I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man.

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....

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...