I Move My Lips When I Read

Every Writer Knows He Is Spurious; Every Fiction Writer Would Rather Be Credible Than Authentic.

A Dead Man Is The Worst Enemy Alive, I Thought. You Can't Alter His Power Over You. You Can't Alter What You Love Or Owe. And It's Too Late To Ask Him For His Absolution. He Has Beaten You All Ways.

I Had Two Experiences Of Criminality: One Was My Conman Father, The Other Was Teaching At Eton

In Itself, The Practice Of Deception Is Not Particularly Exacting; It Is A Matter Of Experience, Of Professional Expertise, It Is A Facility Most Of Us Can Acquire.

If There Is One Eternal Truth Of Politics, It Is That There Are Always A Dozen Good Reasons For Doing Nothing.