A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world. |
Berlin. What a garrison of spies! what a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets, what a playground for every alchemist, miracle worker and rat piper that ever took up the cloak. |
For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed. |
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. |
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. |
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. |
I move my lips when I read -- I'm painfully slow -- so I like really good English. |
If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing. |
It's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a scoop. |
Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. |
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat. |
Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie. |
You should have died when I killed you. |
You should have died when I killed you. |