What did John le Carre mean by: Completing a book, it’s a little like having a baby. - John le Carre Author Copy
+ Luck’s just another word for destiny… either you make your own or you’re screwed. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Destiny, Luck, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ It’s the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies? Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Spy, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ There is no such thing as a secure writer: every novel is an impossible mountain. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John le Carre, Impossible, Mountain, Writing, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John le Carre, Dust, Pie, Writing, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ I don’t think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Literature, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ To possess another language is to possess another soul. Feraz Zeid, July 15, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Language, Soul, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ All power corrupts but some must govern. Feraz Zeid, June 22, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Power Corrupts, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Survival…is an infinite capacity for suspicion. Feraz Zeid, July 28, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Capacity, Infinite, Survival, 0 - John le Carre Author
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Children have neither past nor future;they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
