Clockwork Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

I invented the historical spy novel.

— Alan Furst

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

— Andrew Scott

The world has changed, the CIA is having to change, and again, the challenge for someone like me as a spy novelist is to…

— David Ignatius

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

The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it…

— John le Carre

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

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

— Aaron Eckhart

I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.

— Julia Child

When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.

— Barry Eisler

Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven…

— Charles Bass

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

Spy plots are hard, really hard.

— Rashida Jones