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I was swimming in my swimming pool when 'The Secret Lovers' popped entire into my head. I got out, dried off, went upstairs, and finished the book in about 50 days.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: About Book Days Dried Entire Finished Got Head Lovers Off Out Pool Secret Swimming Swimming Pool Upstairs

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I cannot grasp the difference between killing people with drones or rifles and knives. The objective in war is to kill the enemy before he kills you. I can't fathom the almost religious zeal with which the use of drones is being opposed.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: Almost Before Being Between Cannot Difference Drones Enemy Fathom Grasp He Knives Objective Opposed People Religious Use War Which You Zeal

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Anything that's secret, clandestine, loaded with such a supercargo of speculation, misinformation, disinformation and, for that matter, accurate revelations, creates an appetite.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: Accurate Anything Appetite Creates Loaded Matter Misinformation Revelations Secret Speculation

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People are dying to tell you their secrets; it's just a matter of getting the conversation going in the right direction. If you just let people fill the silence, they will let you the most extraordinary things. I sometimes wonder if afterward they remember what they've said.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: Afterwards Conversation Direction Dying Extraordinary Extraordinary Things Fill Getting Going Just Matter Most People Remember Right Right Direction Said Secrets Silence Sometimes Tell Things Will Wonder You

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Espionage and counterespionage go together like horse and carriage.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: Carriage Espionage Go Horse Like Together

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I've certainly written a lot of things that have more or less come true. But I don't have a gift for prophecy.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: Certainly Come Gift Less Lot More More Or Less Prophecy Things True Written

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China, hidden and mysterious, has always interested me.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: Always China Hidden Interested Me Mysterious

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Writing for me is not a premeditated act. It just happens - characters keep coming out of nowhere and doing things I never expected them to do. The most persistent and most productive of these has been Paul Christopher, whom I didn't expect to see again after he appeared in 'The Miernik Dossier.'

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: Act After Again Appeared Been Characters Christopher Coming Doing Expect Expected Happens He Just Keep Me Most Never Nowhere Out Paul Persistent Productive See Them Things Whom Writing

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Writing has taught me a lot - though far from everything - about writing, so as time has passed, it has become more pleasurable if not easier. I've done other things in life, but writing is by a factor of 10 the most difficult among them. And, of course, you never achieve what you set out to achieve, so you must keep on trying to do better.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: About Achieve Among Become Better Course Difficult Done Easier Everything Factor Far Keep Life Lot Me More Most Must Never Other Out Passed Pleasurable Set Taught Them Things Though Time Trying Writing You

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Usually after finishing a novel, I have a head full of bad ideas for the next one.

~Charles Mccarry

Topics: After Bad Finishing Full Head Ideas Next Novel

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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