Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest…

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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...

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....

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...

I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.

I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.

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...

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

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.

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...

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...

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

I've always had difficulties with female characters.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about...

Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about...

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...

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

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