Berlin. What a garrison of spies! what a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets, what a playground for every alchemist, miracle worker and rat piper that ever took up the cloak.
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
I move my lips when I read -- I'm painfully slow -- so I like really good English.
Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.
If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
You should have died when I killed you.
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed.
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