Len Deighton famous quotes

03-18-2025

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

#Air #Mexico #Noise
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.
-- Len Deighton

#Book #Writing #Politician
Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.
-- Len Deighton

#Men #Socialism #Economics
Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.
-- Len Deighton

#Mistake #Silly #Creative
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

#Marriage #Believe #Divorce
I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.
-- Len Deighton

#Writing #Way #Stores
When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.
-- Len Deighton

#War #Pride #Men
Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.
-- Len Deighton

#Men #Progress #Lessons
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

#Book #Interesting #Asking
The factory workers say that it's impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if you arrive five minutes late you are betraying socialism; if you arrive on time they say, Where did you get the watch?
-- Len Deighton

#Saboteurs #Watches #Impossible
I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.
-- Len Deighton

#Believe #Book #Writing

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