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title: "5 Spy Stories Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/i-have-no-spy-stories-to-tell-because-i-saw-no-spies-nor-did-i/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/elia-kazan-6753_interest_i-have-no-spy-stories-to-tell-because-i_1375050.jpg)

> [Now I basically just read spy stories because they're about solving a puzzle within the constraints of history. It's the tick tock,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/now-i-basically-just-read-spy-stories-because-they-re-about-solving-a/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/malcolm-gladwell-348_clockwork_now-i-basically-just-read-spy-stories-be_1490833.jpg)

> [I always liked spy stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wager/i-always-liked-spy-stories/)

[Walter Wager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wager/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/walter-wager-56914_spy_i-always-liked-spy-stories-2138836_2138836.jpg)

> [My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/my-notion-of-the-kgb-came-from-romantic-spy-stories-i-was-a-pure-and/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/vladimir-putin-261_came_my-notion-of-the-kgb-came-from-romantic_2172873.jpg)

> [I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eisler/i-ve-loved-thrillers-and-spy-stories-since-i-was-a-kid-it-s-probably/)

[Barry Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eisler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/barry-eisler-1009_bad_i-ve-loved-thrillers-and-spy-stories-sin_3121524.png)

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