Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
John le CarreSmiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.
John le CarreIt's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a scoop.
John le CarreThe greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as it always will, not in conformity or even patriotism, but in acts of solitary moral courage. Which, come to think of it, is what we used to admire in our Christian savior
John le Carre