It struck him as a bit unfair that, at the age of eight, he should have manifested the same sense of solitude that haunted him at forty-three.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

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

When you hate someone, in reality you are hating yourself.

In collaborative cultures, failure and uncertainty are not protected but shared and discussed to gain support.

A library is a place full of mouth-watering food for thought.

I would make sweet love to Don Rickles.

My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.

Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.

Woo the muse of the odd.

Man shall not live by bread alone.

Every day you've got running shoes on, it's a good day.

Pain is only bearable if we know it will end, not if we deny it exists.