He Has The Gift Of Quiet.

There Is No Such Thing As A Secure Writer: Every Novel Is An Impossible Mountain.

In The Hands Of Politicians Grand Designs Achieve Nothing But New Forms Of The Old Misery.

America Has Entered One Of Its Periods Of Historical Madness, But This Is The Worst I Can Remember: Worse Than Mccarthyism, Worse Than The Bay Of Pigs And In The Long Term Potentially More Disastrous Than The Vietnam War.

There Are Some Subjects That Can Only Be Tackled In Fiction.

Agents Of Disruption, Subversion, Sabotage And Disinformation Tunnelers And Smugglers, Listeners And Forgers, Trainers And Recruiters And Talent Spotters And Couriers And Watchers And Seducers, Assassins And Balloonists, Lip Readers And Disguise Artists.