A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

It is good to be willing to stand as a hero, but you must also be willing to fall as a hero

I don’t think very many people get converted by someone telling them they are terrible. No one I’d want to rub shoulders with in Heaven, anyway.

Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!

History will be kind to me for I have written it. Winston Churchill

It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

The mark of a good marriage is when only one of you goes crazy at a time!

The biggest review of taxation ever undertaken in this country, is now dead in the water.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

A "critic" is a man who creates nothing.