When The World Is Destroyed, It Will

Elections Are A Western Jerk-off.

Novelists Are Not Equipped To Make A Movie, In My Opinion. They Make Their Own Movie When They Write: They're Casting, They're Dressing The Scene, They're Working Out Where The Energy Of The Scene Is Coming From And They're Also Relying Tremendously On The Creative Imagination Of The Reader.

The Good Pupils Are Often Brilliant, And They Keep You On Your Toes And Take You To The Limits Of Your Knowledge. The Worst Pupils Provide A Unique Insight Into The Criminal Mind.

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.

The Trouble Is, When Professional Spies Go Out Of Their Way To Make A Definitive Statement About One Of Their Own, The Public Tends To Believe The Opposite: Which Puts Us All Back Where We Started.