From the archives: Alex Hamilton interviews Graham Greene (September 1971)
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From the archives: Alex Hamilton interviews Graham Greene (September 1971)
When you see people clearly, you see the transcript of their conversation with reality up until that moment of your meeting, and you glimpse the horizon that stretches out ahead of them. And then sometimes you can help them overhear themselves and overhear what the world wants from them, whether or not that includes working in the role that you had... See more
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Father Quixote had always been inquisitive in small ways. His greatest temptation in the confessional box was to ask unnecessary and even irrelevant questions.
Graham Greene • Monsignor Quixote
‘Oh, the English,’ Sancho said, ‘forget the English – they never conform to any rules, not even of economics.
Graham Greene • Monsignor Quixote
It was the Economic Attaché. He beamed down at us from the terrace above, a great warm welcoming smile, full of confidence, like the man who keeps his friends because he uses the right deodorants.
Graham Greene • The Quiet American
‘In recent history, Sancho, too many comrades have been killed by comrades. I don’t mind calling you friend. Friends are less apt to kill each other.’ ‘Isn’t friend going a little bit far between a Catholic priest and a Marxist?’ ‘You said a few hours back that we must have something in common.’ ‘Perhaps what we have in common is this manchegan win
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