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Barry Eisler Quotes

Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1964

Topics

Honesty Truth Humor Job King Me

My brother and I had saved $15,000 by working many years nailing fruit crates together.

Together Brother Fruit Years Working

If someone is going to give me a job looking younger than I am, I'm not going to turn it down. There are worst problems to have.

Job I Am Me Looking Problems Down

I think French women tend to keep it simple. I'd say try the less-is-more approach, which is not always easy to get right.

Women Simple Think Easy Say Try

We fight a lot, you know, but that's family. We may be dysfunctional but we're still family.

Family Fight You Know Dysfunctional

I nearly died of double bronchial pneumonia at the age of five.

Age Double Five Pneumonia Nearly

It takes four private-sector jobs to support every public-sector employee.

Support Employee Four Every Takes

My mother thinks I am the best. And I was raised to always believe what my mother tells me.

Mother Best I Am Me Mom Believe

I believe that the Laws of Karma do not apply to show business, where good things happen to bad people on a fairly regular basis.

Good Business People Good Things Bad

When I'm sitting in bed watching 'Chopped' - that Brie I know. But I don't know the Brie in sky-high heels on a carpet with a bunch of people screaming at me. I wonder what she's like.

People Me Wonder Know Sitting She

If you're quiet, knowing that there's a culture of racism inside most police departments, and you're not saying anything, you are on the wrong side of history.

History Culture Police Racism Saying

My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the Montana/South Dakota area. They were Blackfoot Indian.

Family Father Mother West British

I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think that the developments in my lifetime have been so remarkable - and we're only at the tip of the iceberg with projects like decoding the human genome.

Technology Science Time Think Look

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