In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never been given a choice. Nowadays, spies weren't employed. They were used.

McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or his color; they were convenient excuses now. He had been a psychopath from the start.

You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are.

My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

Alan Blunt got in touch with me and asked me to put you up here for the rest of the week, to pretend that you're my son. I have to say, you don't look anything like me." "I don't look anything like myself either," Alex said.

We're meant to be friends but you never tell me anything.

It's funny how things work out sometimes.