Len Deighton Quotes
In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.
Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.
The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.
When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.
I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.
I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.
Why do these people love you, Archer? Is it simply because you show little or no response to their affection?
When they ask me to become president of the United States I'm going to say, "Except for Washington D.C.
What Douglas had once seen as the attractive over-confidence of youth, now looked more like unyielding selfishness.
