When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt. John le Carre agebeltnovel Change image and share on social
SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, also has no executive powers and operates abroad on CIA lines, but with a tiny percentage of the budget and a tiny percentage of the personnel. John le Carre abroadbudgetcia Change image and share on social
I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit. John le Carre absolutelyblissdomestic Change image and share on social
If you're growing up in a chaotic world without reason, your instinct is to become a performer and control the circumstances around you. You lead from weakness into strength; you have an undefended back. John le Carre backchaoticcircumstance share on social
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it. John le Carre bribeexperiencelive Change image and share on social
Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence. John le Carre doubleespionageexistence Change image and share on social
The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead. John le Carre colddeaddeclare Change image and share on social
In the '60s - and right up to the present day - the identity of a member of the British Secret Services was and is, quite rightly, a state secret. To divulge it is a crime. The Services may choose to leak a name when it pleases them. John le Carre 60sbritishchoose share on social
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London. John le Carre duskyintelligencejame Change image and share on social
Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby. John le Carre babybookcomplete Change image and share on social