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Famous John le Carre Quotes
“What else has a journalist to do these days, after all, but report life's miseries?”
“If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.”
“In the hands of politicians grand designs achieve nothing but new forms of the old misery.”
“Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.”
“Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.”
“Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.”
“Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.”
“America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember.”
“But there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state.”
“By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.”
“Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.”
“I mean, I'm in the business of storytelling, not message making.”