...also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious.
John le CarreIt's a principle of mine to come into the story as late as possible, and to tell it as fast as you can.
John le CarreI think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it.
John le CarreI don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives.
John le Carre