For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

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.

Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius.

Our greed for joy is the sole reason for our sorrows

I'm starting with the man in the mirror

You have one chance to write the story of your life. Make it a bestseller.

There was a time where I chose my jobs based on what jobs were available to me, so I would choose 100 percent of them.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I even made love to myself once. Uhh, I wasn't suppose to tell you that.

Can you imagine telling a woman she can't vote!? The women I hang out with would be going home with parts of your anatomy swinging from their rearview.

I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.

There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.