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Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not to write at all Picture Quote #1

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, the rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, we, the people, must redeem the land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain - all, all the stretch of these great green states - and make America again! Picture Quote #1

They [the police] learned something from them Harlem riots. They used to beat your head right in public, but now they only beat it after they get you down to the station house Picture Quote #1

Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep cold radiators and make a fortune off of poor tenants Picture Quote #1

To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man Picture Quote #1

I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing... Not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid had to express as truthfully as possible the individual emotions and reactions of the writer Picture Quote #1

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A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it Picture Quote #1

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price Picture Quote #1

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt Picture Quote #1

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives Picture Quote #1

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I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it Picture Quote #1

If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news Picture Quote #1

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own Picture Quote #1

He worked for the fleshy side of the Foreign Office and his job consisted of lunching visiting dignitaries whom no one else would have entertained in his woodshed Picture Quote #1

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You can't make war against terror. Terror is a technique of battle. It's a tactic that has been employed since time immemorial. You can conduct clandestine action against terrorists, and that must be done Picture Quote #1

To operate an intelligence network against the Islamist terror is terribly difficult because they don't have a central command and control center such as we would understand. therefore you cannot penetrate at the top and find out what will happen on the ground Picture Quote #1

On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution Picture Quote #1

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity Picture Quote #1

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge Picture Quote #1

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence Picture Quote #1

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Romantic love interests almost everybody, because almost everybody knows something about it, or would like to know Picture Quote #1

Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better Picture Quote #1

And yet there is an anger that purifies the heart: the anger of the better against the baser part, against the false and wicked, against the tyrant's sword, against the enemies of love, and all that hate the Lord Picture Quote #1

Religion? Yes, I know it well; I've heard its prayers and creeds, and seen men put them all to shame with poor, half-hearted deeds. they follow Christ, but far away; they wander and they doubt. I'll serve him in a better way, and live his precepts out Picture Quote #1

But often faltering feet come surest to the goal; and they who walk in darkness meet the sunrise of the soul Picture Quote #1

The best rose bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses Picture Quote #1

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Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not to write at all (Ter Quotes) Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, the rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, we, the people, must redeem the land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain - all, all the stretch of these great green states - and make America again! (Ter Quotes) They [the police] learned something from them Harlem riots. They used to beat your head right in public, but now they only beat it after they get you down to the station house (Ter Quotes) Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep cold radiators and make a fortune off of poor tenants (Ter Quotes) To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man (Ter Quotes) I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing... Not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid had to express as truthfully as possible the individual emotions and reactions of the writer (Ter Quotes) A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it (Ter Quotes) I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price (Ter Quotes) If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing (Ter Quotes) 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 (Ter Quotes) When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt (Ter Quotes) I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives (Ter Quotes) I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it (Ter Quotes) If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level (Ter Quotes) 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 (Ter Quotes) Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news (Ter Quotes) We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own (Ter Quotes) He worked for the fleshy side of the Foreign Office and his job consisted of lunching visiting dignitaries whom no one else would have entertained in his woodshed (Ter Quotes) You can't make war against terror. Terror is a technique of battle. It's a tactic that has been employed since time immemorial. You can conduct clandestine action against terrorists, and that must be done (Ter Quotes) To operate an intelligence network against the Islamist terror is terribly difficult because they don't have a central command and control center such as we would understand. therefore you cannot penetrate at the top and find out what will happen on the ground (Ter Quotes) On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution (Ter Quotes) Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity (Ter Quotes) As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge (Ter Quotes) In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence (Ter Quotes) Romantic love interests almost everybody, because almost everybody knows something about it, or would like to know (Ter Quotes) Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better (Ter Quotes) And yet there is an anger that purifies the heart: the anger of the better against the baser part, against the false and wicked, against the tyrant's sword, against the enemies of love, and all that hate the Lord (Ter Quotes) Religion? Yes, I know it well; I've heard its prayers and creeds, and seen men put them all to shame with poor, half-hearted deeds. they follow Christ, but far away; they wander and they doubt. I'll serve him in a better way, and live his precepts out (Ter Quotes) But often faltering feet come surest to the goal; and they who walk in darkness meet the sunrise of the soul (Ter Quotes) The best rose bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses (Ter Quotes)

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