All Power Corrupts But Some Must Govern.

Give A Man A Car Of His Own And He Leaves Humility And Common Sense Behind Him In The Garage.

It Is Also The Pardonable Vanity Of Lonely People Everywhere To Assume That They Have No Counterparts.

I've Never Been Able To Write A Book Without One Very Strong Character In My Rucksack.

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.

The Secret Intelligence Service I Knew Occupied Dusky Suites Of Little Rooms Opposite St James's Park Tube Station In London.