John le Carre Quotes About Childhood

Quotes about: Childhood

• People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others.

  John le Carre

  Unhappy Childhood, People, Literature

• The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous.

  John le Carre

  Childhood, Monsters, Detachment

  "John le Carré: A man of great intelligence" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2009.

• The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.

  John le Carre

  Wise, Cheating, Childhood

  "John le Carre: A man of great intelligence" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2009.

• Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do.

  John le Carre

  Thinking, Childhood, Balance

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