A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue.
John le CarreI used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.
John le CarreBut there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state.
John le CarreI was the British spy who had come out of the woodwork and told it how it really was, and anything I said to the contrary only enforced the myth. And since I was writing for a public hooked on Bond and desperate for the antidote, the myth stuck.
John le Carre