John le Carre

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. ↗

— John le Carre

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

— John le Carre

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

— John le Carre

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For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict. ↗

— John le Carre

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I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention. ↗

— John le Carre

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Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. ↗

— John le Carre

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I do believe very much in movie as a one-man-show. I think that where I've watched movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it. ↗

— John le Carre

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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

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

— John le Carre

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But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy. ↗

— John le Carre

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