History Keeps Her Secrets Longer Than Most

The More Identities A Man Has, The More They Express The Person They Conceal.

But I Think The Real Tension Lies In The Relationship Between What You Might Call The Pursuer And His Quarry, Whether It's The Writer Or The Spy.

For Better Or Worse, I've Been Involved In The Description Of Political Conflict.

Fools, Most Linguists. Damn All To Say In One Language, So They Learn Another And Say Damn All In That.

It's Part Of A Writer's Profession, As It's Part Of A Spy's Profession, To Prey On The Community To Which He's Attached, To Take Away Information - Often In Secret - And To Translate That Into Intelligence For His Masters, Whether It's His Readership Or His Spy Masters. And I Think That Both Professions Are Perhaps Rather Lonely.