In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.
John le CarreEvery writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
John le CarreAs our Governments spin, lie and lose their credibility, the electorate simply shrugs and looks the other way.
John le Carre...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 CarreThe religious cant that will send American troops into battle is perhaps the most sickening aspect of this surreal war-to-be. Bush has an arm-lock on God. And God has very particular political opinions. God appointed America to save the world in any way that suits America. God appointed Israel to be the nexus of America's Middle Eastern policy, and anyone who wants to mess with that idea is a) anti-Semitic, b) anti-American, c) with the enemy, and d) a terrorist.
John le Carre