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John LeCarre
A desk is...
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.
Source: In Quotable...
For decades to...
For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is...
It's easy to...
It's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a...
Writing is like...
Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud...
Having your book...
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
The monsters of...
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,...
I move my...
I move my lips when I read -- I'm painfully slow -- so I like really good English.
A committee is...
A committee is an animal with four back legs.
Source: Smiley, in Tinker, Tailor,...
You should have...
You should have died when I killed you.
Source: Lines for a bureaucrat speaking to...
Love is whatever...
Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.
A desk is...
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.
Source: In Quotable...
For decades to...
For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is...
It's easy to...
It's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a...
Writing is like...
Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud...
Having your book...
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
The monsters of...
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,...
I move my...
I move my lips when I read -- I'm painfully slow -- so I like really good English.
A committee is...
A committee is an animal with four back legs.
Source: Smiley, in Tinker, Tailor,...
You should have...
You should have died when I killed you.
Source: Lines for a bureaucrat speaking to...
Love is whatever...
Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.