Quotes about John Le Carre

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

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A committee is an animal with four back legs.

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You should have died when I killed you

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

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

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