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Charles McCarry Quotes

Writing for me is not a premeditated act. It just happens - characters keep coming out of nowhere and doing things I never expected them to do. The most persistent and most productive of these has been Paul Christopher, whom I didn't expect to see again after he appeared in 'The Miernik Dossier.'

Charles McCarry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1930

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Me Writing Doing Never See Out

I'm happy with studio infiltration, but I'm thrilled when I see 12- to 20-year olds walking down the street with Beats and not two-dollar earbuds.

Happy Walking Down Street See I See

I need to stay busy. Otherwise, I am like so many people, alone with my thoughts, and I can be my own worst enemy.

Alone I Am People Thoughts Busy

I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office!

Government New York Book New Office

For me, it's important that a fan can buy something that is related to me. Like in soccer, you buy a shirt and it's got somebody's name on the back. That's kind of a cool thing.

Me Cool Name You Back Soccer

I think liberals have a lot of good ideas, actually. But I've been pigeonholed, and I'm quite comfortable with it.

Good Ideas Think Comfortable Been

I am a noncook, although I'm very interested and have a large collection of cookbooks.

I Am Collection Interested Large Am

Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a bust of Abraham Lincoln over his left shoulder, Obama told 'National Journal' that the country's economic woes are deep and endemic.

King Painting Deep Country Sitting

I give my best every day in training and in games; this is the only way that I know how to play football.

Best Day Football Training Play Way

It must have been when I was 14 or 15 that I started tentatively writing songs and was able to convey an emotion and a lyric with what I wanted to say.

Writing Say Emotion Started Been

I suddenly realized that in order to do what I wanted to do, I had to become that which I hated - which is the head of a record company or a digital media conglomerate - and just do whatever you want.

Media You Want Become Digital Head

The real secret to guacamole is that you use exactly the elements that you need, which is cilantro, onion, tomato, and jalapenos. And, of course, avocado.

You Tomato Secret Need Real Onion

It's happened so quickly, starting at Tottenham, playing for England.

Starting Playing England Happened

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