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John le Carre Quotes

English - Writer | October 19, 1931 -

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.

Relationship Think You Real Tension

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

Animal Back Legs Committee Four

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.

War Cold Long Dead Over Cold War

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.

Confidence History You Lose Secrets

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

Think Wrong Go Committee Where Been

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.

Money Decisions Wrong Ridiculous Up

There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction.

Fiction Only Some Subjects Tackled

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.

Think Name Feel Laugh Wish You

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.

Yourself World Think Laugh You Mood

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.

Day Lie Dress Present Every Day Way

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.

Childhood Balance Green Think Feel

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

Age Way My Own Own Cut Knew

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