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Len Deighton quotes: Whatever path you take, there is a league of bad road.

Whatever path you take, there is a league of bad road.

Len Deighton quotes: He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf.

He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf.

Len Deighton quotes: Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Yes? Well socialism is exactly the reverse.

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Yes? Well socialism is exactly the reverse.

Len Deighton quotes: Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

Len Deighton quotes: Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

Len Deighton quotes: In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

Len Deighton quotes: When they ask me to become president of the United States I'm going to say, Except for Washington D.C.

When they ask me to become president of the United States I'm going to say, Except for Washington D.C.

Len Deighton quotes: That was one of the problems of marrying into wealth; there were no luxuries.

That was one of the problems of marrying into wealth; there were no luxuries.

Len Deighton quotes: Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

Len Deighton quotes: Perhaps all fear is worse than reality, just as all hope is better than fulfilment.

Perhaps all fear is worse than reality, just as all hope is better than fulfilment.

Len Deighton quotes: When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

Len Deighton quotes: The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

Len Deighton quotes: When the end is lawful the means are also lawful,

When the end is lawful the means are also lawful,

Len Deighton quotes: What Douglas had once seen as the attractive over-confidence of youth, now looked more like unyielding selfishness.

What Douglas had once seen as the attractive over-confidence of youth, now looked more like unyielding selfishness.

Len Deighton quotes: I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

Len Deighton quotes: England's civil war had ended in a consensus as the English discovered that they hated foreigners more than they hated their own countrymen.

England's civil war had ended in a consensus as the English discovered that they hated foreigners more than they hated their own countrymen.

Len Deighton quotes: Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.