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Barry Eisler
Barry Eisler
American Novelist
Born: 1964
Argument CIA Great Knowledge Think You
Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach
The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk. Barry Eisler
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The difference between being a victim and a survivor is often a low level of situational awareness. You can't be a super-spy, watchful and paranoid every day. But I am more watchful than the average American. Barry Eisler
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Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility. Barry Eisler
Blame Problems Responsibility Own Others Our Pleasurable More Always Than Psychologically Acknowledge
I can understand the allure of a venerable Big Six imprint, of a shot at the New York Times list, of a publisher-sponsored book tour, of seeing your hardbacks in bookstores and your paperbacks in supermarkets. Barry Eisler
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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers. Barry Eisler
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Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth. Barry Eisler
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If the reader cares, I don't think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero. Barry Eisler
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When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery. Barry Eisler
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The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication. Barry Eisler
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The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isn't really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it. Barry Eisler
Quality Internet Argument Difficult Everyone About Sure Least Effective Anyone Wants Low Really Strangest Who Thing Competent
At the national level, I don't know how to describe a threat to destroy Country A in order to punish Country B other than to call it state terrorism. Barry Eisler
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The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA. Barry Eisler
CIA Post Wish Say Post Office Could Mission Office Same Achieves Actually
The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle. Barry Eisler
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The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach would you find persuasive and want her to use? Whatever that is, do it yourself. Barry Eisler
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I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral ambiguity and conflict makes for great characters. Barry Eisler
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Paper publishers are doing everything they can to slow the transition to eBooks because, in a digital world, paper publishers' high hardback margins essentially disappear. Barry Eisler
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When I was in college, I became interested in various aspects of foreign policy and international relations. Even as a kid, I was interested in what I call, loosely speaking, forbidden knowledge. Barry Eisler
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I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training. Barry Eisler
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The Internet is a limitless library at your fingertips. It's a great place to start with the acquisition of knowledge. My process is to go to a place when I'm writing about it. Nothing captures the essence, feeling and flavor of a place better than when I'm actually there and doing the writing. Barry Eisler
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Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology. Barry Eisler
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I want to position my books as premium-priced versions on the reasonably-priced scale, if that makes sense, to find a sweet spot between the high-end of what my brand can support and the low end that results in impulse purchases and maximum sales volume. Barry Eisler
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