WIST Quotations

Le Carre, John -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

John le Carré (1931-2020) English novelist, intelligence officer [pseud. of David Moore Cornwell]
(Attributed)

Le Carre, John -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

John le Carré (1931-2020) English novelist, intelligence officer [pseud. of David Moore Cornwell]
(Attributed)

Le Carre, John -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, ch. 2 (1963)

Dave — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 22:36:54 +0000

We do disagreeable things so that ordinary people here and everywhere can sleep safely in their beds at night.

John le Carré (1931-2020) English novelist, intelligence officer [pseud. of David Moore Cornwell]
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, ch. 2 (1963)