John le Carre

I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared…

I mean, I’m in the business of storytelling, not message making…

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of…

It’s part of a writer’s profession, as it’s part of a spy’s profession, to prey…

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was…

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead…

You have no idea how humiliating it was, as a boy, to suddenly have all…

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James’s…

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through…

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a…

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn’t easy and there…

In every war zone that I’ve been in, there has been a reality and then…

I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional…

When you’re my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty…

Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor…