John le Carre Quotes About Age

Quotes about: Age

• It struck him as a bit unfair that, at the age of eight, he should have manifested the same sense of solitude that haunted him at forty-three.

  John le Carre

  Eight, Should Have, Solitude

• By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

  John le Carre

  Cutting, Age, Way

• When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.

  John le Carre

  Age, Stories, Belts

• I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.

  John le Carre

  Maturity, Democracy, Age

• When you're my age, you have the feeling sometimes that you're seeing the show come round again.

  John le Carre

  Feelings, Age, Sometimes

• I think that most of my books are part of some process of self-education, often about the places I go to. Most of all, they are about the peculiar tension between institutional loyalty and loyalty to oneself; the mystery of patriotism, for a Brit of my age and generation, where it runs, how it should be defined, what it's worth and what a corrupting force it can be when misapplied. All that stuff is just in me and it comes out in the characters. I don't mean to preach, but I know I do, and I'm a very flawed person. It's quite ridiculous.

  John le Carre

  Loyalty, Running, Book

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