There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo.

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.

Quality is all about taking care of the details.

You will only become significant in life, by solving the unique set of problems only you and your mission are meant to solve.

Some call it growing up. I call it life, and in my experience, it doesn't necessarily get easier over the years. But the eternal struggle is beautiful, and I'm happy to persevere.

I wasn't the best student. I wasn't stupid, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention.

You know how I play it, better safe than sorry 'stead of searching for substance at every single party.

There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.

I hate who steals my solitude, without really offer me in exchange company.

Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took; Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd.

I know I have to stop. We all have to stop. Funny how knowing something's a bad idea doesn't make a difference.

Thanks to my father, I didn't have to face the tough side of life. Probably that's why I always chose love over money.