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

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 good man knows when to sacrifice himself, a bad man survives but loses his soul.

Keep away from the kinship of the individuals who continually ask and examine the imperfections of others.

Your accomplishments in the past and present has a link to your future success.

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.

When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.

I love things that have a vintage feel to them, just because there's a certain texture to them that we just don't have anymore. In fact I think I've been stuck in the 50s or 60s for a while...

I've been in a lot of elections.

Motives are causes experienced from within.

I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear.

Freedom stretches only as far as the limits of our consciousness.

Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause. If the meal is very good I give her a standing ovation.