19th October: John Le Carre

Author John Le Carre was born this date in 1931. 10 quotes:

1. Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
2. A committee is an animal with four back legs.
3. A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
4. Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
5. Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.
6. 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.
7. The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal.
8. There are moments which are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur.
9. Home's where you go when you run out of homes.
10. The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.