What did John le Carre mean by: I’ve never been able to write a book without one very strong character in my rucksack. - John le Carre Author Copy
+ The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Identity, Persons, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Home’s where you go when you run out of homes. Feraz Zeid, September 22, 2023December 26, 2023, John le Carre, Home, Running, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven’t made is to talk about the unwritten book. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Book, Mistake, Writing, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Blackmail is more effective than bribery. Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Bribe, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ What else has a journalist to do these days, after all, but report life’s miseries? Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Journalist, Misery, These Days, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Enemy, Fool, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Power expands through the distribution of secrecy. Feraz Zeid, June 25, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Distribution, Power, Secrecy, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Let’s all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we’ll find out who we are. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Be Who You Are, 0 - John le Carre Author
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
