Charles Cumming
Charles Cumming
Charles Cummingis a British writer of spy fiction. The son of Ian Cummingand Caroline Pilkington, he was educated at Ludgrove School, Eton Collegeand the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with 1st Class Honours in English Literature. The Observer has described him as "the best of the new generation of British spy writers who are taking over where John le Carré and Len Deighton left off"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 April 1971
Charles Cumming quotes about
worry people live-your-life
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 alive.
ambition intelligent journey
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 similar ambition, of similar intelligence makes. What sort of concessions does a woman have to make? Does she have to work 20 percent harder than a man?
bully zealot
I'm not good with bullies and zealots.
people firsts should
The first thing you should know about people is that you don’t know the first thing about them.
music silence solitude
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 vibrates the eardrum but something transcending the senses. Physical solitude and silence remove the distracting noises that prevent us from hearing on deeper levels.
military makeup differences
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 of the military makeup. Whereas MI6 is more of a cerebral, intelligence-based, relationship-based service, i.e., all they do is recruit people to get information out of them.
complicated term concessions
As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make.