John Le
John Le
lying facts repetition
By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.
real expression political
...also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious.
dies
Let's die of it before we're too old.
doing-nothing facts littles
The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.
fake-people lying reality
We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another.
years political spy
We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.
war reality issues
In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know.
fool literature language
Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.
father book ends
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end.
mean messages storytelling
I mean, I'm in the business of storytelling, not message making.
america literature remember
America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember.
cutting age way
By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.
average people spy
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
writing work-out imagination
Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: they're casting, they're dressing the scene, they're working out where the energy of the scene is coming from and they're also relying tremendously on the creative imagination of the reader.