Graham Greene

This Gun for Hire.

Our Man in Havana.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.

In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.