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

- Len Deighton

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

- Len Deighton

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 la…

- Len Deighton

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

- Len Deighton

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

- Len Deighton

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

- Len Deighton

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

- Len Deighton

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

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 b…

- Len Deighton