I can't think of anybody worse to live with.

For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed.

Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.

When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.

Life was to be a search, or nothing! But it was the fear that it was nothing that drove me forward. Every encounter was an encounter with myself.

We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact." "And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.

I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton