America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember. Votes: 0
Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. Votes: 0
I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton Votes: 0
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. Votes: 0
Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie. Votes: 0
Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book. Votes: 0
But there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state. Votes: 0
Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London. Votes: 0
I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them. Votes: 0
He has the gift of quiet. Votes: 0
Give a man a car of his own and he leaves humility and common sense behind him in the garage. Votes: 0
Elections are a Western jerk-off. Votes: 0
By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed. Votes: 0
...in the hands of politicians grand designs achieve nothing but new forms of the old misery... Votes: 0
There are moments which are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur. Votes: 0
If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself. Votes: 0
After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him. Votes: 0