I can't think of anybody worse to live with.
Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.
It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?
If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.
I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.
[My novels] introduce levels of intelligence ... moral doubt [and] self-doubt, which may not pertain [to real-world espionage].