“By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.”
— John le Carre
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A spy, like a writer, lives outside
“A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.”
— John le Carre
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Category: experience
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More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education
“More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.”
— John le Carre
Author: John le Carre
Category: education
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