69 Quotes by Len Deighton

Perhaps hell is like that; a discordant confusion of anxious souls. Some argued, some slept, some shouted, some wept, some wrote, some sketched and many conspired about their coming interrogation. But mostly they did no more than stare into space, eyes unfocused as they tried to see tomorrow.

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

Why do these people love you, Archer? Is it simply because you show little or no response to their affection?

What Douglas had once seen as the attractive over-confidence of youth, now looked more like unyielding selfishness.

When they ask me to become president of the United States I'm going to say, "Except for Washington D.C.

I think Jay is in import and export business as his cards say, but he finally found that the second most valuable commodity today is information.""And?""The most valuable?""People with information," I suggested.

He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf.

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.