Admiration Quote by Doug Liman

It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.

— Andrew Scott

Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us…

— John le Carre

The more real I got on 'The Bourne Identity,' the more interesting it got. So 'Fair Game' was the chance to go a few…

— Doug Liman

I think everyone's always interested in playing a spy, right? That's something we grow up admiring, which is so strange, but it's just a…

— Florence Pugh

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

— Kurt Vonnegut

It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell the truth.…

— John le Carre

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before,…

— John le Carre

'A Spy in the House', the first of Y. S. Lee's 'The Agency' novels, is pure confection, an historical romp through England at the…

— Sarah Weinman

I'm sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.

— Aaron Eckhart

When you're dealing with espionage and covert affairs, sometimes the secret is more exciting than the knowledge.

— Jeffrey Donovan

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer…

— John le Carre

At the end of the day, I like the spy genre, as opposed to the action movie genre, because spies are smart. The successful…

— Doug Liman