John le Carre Quote
There are always a dozen reasons for doing nothing, Ann liked to say--it was a favourite apologia, indeed, for many of her misdemeanours. There is only one reason for doing something. And that's because you want to. Or have to? Ann would furiously deny it: coercion, she would say, is just another word for doing what you want; or for not doing what you are afraid of.
John le Carre
There are always a dozen reasons for doing nothing, Ann liked to say--it was a favourite apologia, indeed, for many of her misdemeanours. There is only one reason for doing something. And that's because you want to. Or have to? Ann would furiously deny it: coercion, she would say, is just another word for doing what you want; or for not doing what you are afraid of.
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About John le Carre
Le Carré's third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international best-seller, was adapted as an award-winning film, and remains one of his best-known works. This success allowed him to leave MI6 to become a full-time author. His novels which have been adapted for film or television include The Looking Glass War (1965), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974, 2011), Smiley's People (1979), The Little Drummer Girl (1983), The Night Manager (1993), The Tailor of Panama (1996), The Constant Gardener (2001), A Most Wanted Man (2008) and Our Kind of Traitor (2010). Philip Roth said that A Perfect Spy (1986) was "the best English novel since the war".