Barry Eisler Quotes

Action fiction is driven more by what than by who. Put that ticking nuclear suitcase under Manhattan, and it's relatively easy to create suspense. Literary fiction is driven more by who than by what.

Barry Eisler

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ActionEasyCreateMoreSuspense

They put chains on me; they chained my waist, my legs. Put me in the back of a squad car, and I literally blacked out. I didn't even - there's whole pieces missing.

Jim Bakker

CarMeBackChainsSquadLegs

I know a lot of kids that if you don't know how to deal with them, you lose them. They don't come ready-made.

Jim Brown

YouLoseKnowDealComeKids

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

Amy Purdy

LifeLegsNeedLeadDiseaseFull

People call me Swimone more than Simone now.... Not quite used to that yet!

Simone Manuel

PeopleMeNowMoreCallUsed

I was a sheet metal worker, then a metal engineer, then a Pontin's bluecoat, then a comedian. You can achieve anything you want if you put your mind to it.

Bradley Walsh

MindYouAchieveWantAnythingYour

Books do furnish a room.

Anthony Powell

RoomBooksFurnish

'Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was trying to sell characters to us, you know? It's the idea of not having to adore these characters and want to cuddle them; you just have to be into them and their psychology and be compelled by them.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

MeViewTryingYouPoint Of View

In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I haven't listened to in years.

Susan Orlean

MusicMyselfPastYearsWandering

It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish there would be one big change like that again, but I don't know if that'll ever happen.

Penelope Spheeris

ChangeImpactWishLateKnowRock

I'm not OK with clergy, students, and those of different opinions lying and expressing hateful speech in the name of love, but again, it is their constitutional right. I'm not OK with their conduct, but in America we tolerate it, as obnoxious and spiteful as it may be.

Pete Hoekstra

LoveNameAmericaSpeechOpinions

The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families.

Sherrod Brown

Minimum WageOhioWorkingWage

You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books.

Thomas Keller

GreatYouKnowThroughBooksWho

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