For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict. John le Carre badlyconflictdescription Change image and share on social
I think, increasingly, despite what we are being told is an ever more open world of communication, there is a terrible alienation in the ordinary man between what he is being told and what he secretly believes. John le Carre alienationbelievecommunication share on social
Well, certainly I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives. John le Carre goodimmediatelylive share on social
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world. John le Carre dangerousdeskplace Change image and share on social
Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news. John le Carre absolutelycontemptuousdemonstrate 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
I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services. John le Carre coldgreatgrip Change image and share on social
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose. John le Carre confidencegreathistory share on social
But there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state. John le Carre bigdifferencestate Change image and share on social
I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That's the saddest thing of all, because they're locked up and no one else can make them. John le Carre amountbookdecision share on social
