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

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Betrayal can only happen if you love

Betrayal can only happen if you love

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...

Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor...

Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor...

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...

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 think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread...

I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread...

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great...

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great...

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...

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through...

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through...

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

You should have died when I killed you

You should have died when I killed you

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.