I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more…

- Charles Cumming

The first thing you should know about people is that you don’t know the first thing about them.

- Charles Cumming

Worrying about how you'll be remembered is pointless. Better to try to live your life in such a way that people will respect you while you're still a…

- Charles Cumming

I'm fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a man of sim…

- Charles Cumming

I'm not good with bullies and zealots.

- Charles Cumming

St. John of the Cross points out that the divine music can best be heard in solitude and silence. The sonorous music is not a physical sound that vib…

- Charles Cumming

As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make.

- Charles Cumming