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Джон ле Карре́ — английский писатель, автор шпионских романов.

✵ 19. Октябрь 1931
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“Never trade a secret, you'll always get the short end of the bargain.”

John le Carré книга The Mission Song

The Mission Song (2006)

“There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo.”

John le Carré книга Smiley's People

Smiley's People (1979)

“If you're in a hole, don't dig, they say.”

John le Carré книга The Mission Song

The Mission Song (2006)

“America has entered one of its periods of historical madness”

"The United States of America Has Gone Mad" (2003)
Контексте: America has entered one of its periods of historical madness, but this is the worst I can remember: worse than McCarthyism, worse than the Bay of Pigs and in the long term potentially more disastrous than the Vietnam War.

“I think what gives my works whatever universality they have is that they use the metaphysical secret world to describe some realities of the overt world.”

As quoted in "Master of the Secret World: John le Carré on Deception, Storytelling and American Hubris" by Andrew Ross, in Salon (21 October 1996); also in Conversations with John le Carré (2004) edited by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Judith Baughman, p. 141
Контексте: I use the furniture of espionage to amuse the reader, to make the reader listen to me, because 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. I think what gives my works whatever universality they have is that they use the metaphysical secret world to describe some realities of the overt world.

“So odd to think of the Devil as a fumbler!”

John le Carré книга Smiley's People

Smiley's People (1979)

“Blackmail is more effective than bribery.”

John le Carré книга Smiley's People

Smiley's People (1979)

“Nothing in life… even a few broken bones, is without its reward.”

John le Carré книга The Mission Song

The Mission Song (2006)

“Elections are a Western jerk-off.”

John le Carré книга The Mission Song

The Mission Song (2006)

“Smiley's People (1982 TV series)”

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“Luck's just another word for destiny…either you make your own or you're screwed.”

John le Carré книга The Mission Song

The Mission Song (2006)

“When you assimilate, you choose.”

John le Carré книга The Mission Song

The Mission Song (2006)

“The neglected are too easily killed.”

John le Carré книга Smiley's People

Smiley's People (1979)

“Every writer wants to be believed. But every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.”

As quoted in "Master of the Secret World: John le Carré on Deception, Storytelling and American Hubris" by Andrew Ross, in Salon (21 October 1996); also in Conversations with John le Carré (2004) edited by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Judith Baughman, p. 140

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