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John Le Carre Quotes

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price Picture Quote #1

I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services Picture Quote #1

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know Picture Quote #1

Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage Picture Quote #1

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak Picture Quote #1

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat Picture Quote #1

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The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London Picture Quote #1

When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt Picture Quote #1

You have no idea how humiliating it was, as a boy, to suddenly have all your clothes, your toys, snatched by the bailiff. I mean we were a middle-class family, it's not as if it was happening up and down the street. It made me ashamed, I felt dirty Picture Quote #1

America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember Picture Quote #1

Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that Picture Quote #1

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes Picture Quote #1

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I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity Picture Quote #1

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives Picture Quote #1

I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them Picture Quote #1

I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself Picture Quote #1

I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it Picture Quote #1

If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level Picture Quote #1

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In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. there seems to be no limit, no depths to which the tabloids won't sink. I don't know who these people are but they're little pigs Picture Quote #1

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others Picture Quote #1

Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do Picture Quote #1

Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book Picture Quote #1

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received Picture Quote #1

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 of our news Picture Quote #1

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We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own Picture Quote #1

We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another Picture Quote #1

Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie Picture Quote #1

Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen Picture Quote #1

Sometimes we do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions not answers Picture Quote #1

We have given away far too many freedoms in order to be free. Now it's time to take some back Picture Quote #1

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I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price (John Le Carre Quotes) I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services (John Le Carre Quotes) In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know (John Le Carre Quotes) Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage (John Le Carre Quotes) My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak (John Le Carre Quotes) The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat (John Le Carre Quotes) The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London (John Le Carre Quotes) When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt (John Le Carre Quotes) You have no idea how humiliating it was, as a boy, to suddenly have all your clothes, your toys, snatched by the bailiff. I mean we were a middle-class family, it's not as if it was happening up and down the street. It made me ashamed, I felt dirty (John Le Carre Quotes) America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember (John Le Carre Quotes) Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that (John Le Carre Quotes) Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes (John Le Carre Quotes) I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity (John Le Carre Quotes) I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives (John Le Carre Quotes) I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them (John Le Carre Quotes) I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself (John Le Carre Quotes) I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it (John Le Carre Quotes) If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level (John Le Carre Quotes) In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. there seems to be no limit, no depths to which the tabloids won't sink. I don't know who these people are but they're little pigs (John Le Carre Quotes) People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others (John Le Carre Quotes) Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do (John Le Carre Quotes) Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book (John Le Carre Quotes) The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received (John Le Carre Quotes) 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 of our news (John Le Carre Quotes) We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own (John Le Carre Quotes) We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another (John Le Carre Quotes) Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie (John Le Carre Quotes) Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen (John Le Carre Quotes) Sometimes we do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions not answers (John Le Carre Quotes) We have given away far too many freedoms in order to be free. Now it's time to take some back (John Le Carre Quotes)

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