I worked for MI6 in the Sixties during the great witch-hunts when the...
In every war zone that I've been in there has been a reality and then there...
During the Cold War we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there...
The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.
My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its...
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might...
Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the...
If there is one eternal truth of politics it is that there are always a...
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms...
It's part of a writer's profession as it's part of a spy's profession to...
Novelists are not equipped to make a movie in my opinion. They make their...
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a...
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that...
You have no idea how humiliating it was as a boy to suddenly have all your...
I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6 but absolutely...
A spy like a writer lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his...
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away neither are they ever wholly...
More particularly having a largely German-oriented education has made me...
I mean I'm in the business of storytelling not message making.
I don't know whether it's age or maturity but I certainly find myself...
When you're my age and you see a story you better go for it pretty quickly....
By the age of 9 or 10 I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own...
It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.
