John le Carre Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• 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

• I've always had difficulties with female characters.

  John le Carre

  Character, Female, Literature

  Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.

• Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby.... There's a feeling of relief and satisfaction when you get to the end. A feeling that you have brought your family, your characters, home. Then a sort of post-natal depression and then, very quickly, the horizon of a new book. The consolation that next time I will do it better.

  John le Carre

  Baby, Book, Home

• I've never been able to write a book without one very strong character in my rucksack.

  John le Carre

  Strong, Book, Writing

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