"Every writer wants to be believed. But every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic."
— John le Carré

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in "Master of the Secret World: John le Carré on Deception, Storytelling and American Hubris" by Andrew Ross, in Salon (21 October 1996); also in Conversations with John le Carré (2004) edited by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Judith Baughman, p. 140