here, nestled on a cliff in cornwall, you will find john le carrÉ's safe-house. u escape to? >> john le carré: yeah. it was as far from london as i could get reasonably. i guess the other thing to say about this place, which is very important to me, is that the cornish don't give a damn for celebrity. ( laughs ) if they even know what i do, they haven't read it. or if they have read it, they make a point of not being impressed by it. and that-- that is enormously soothing. not a head turns in the street when i walk by. ( laughs ) >> kroft: it's here, in the home he fashioned out of three derelict cottages more than 40 years ago, that he weaves together the threads of memory, experience, and research into his tales of intrigue. the solitude is his stimulation. you said many times that you don't like giving interviews. >> le carré: yeah, i think that's true. and then i defect from that position. ( laughs ) >> kroft: it's very clear that almost every interview you've given over the last ten years, you've told them that it-- >> le carré: it was the last one. >> kroft: