"I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influence..." — Barry Eisler

There's an awful lot of corruption in Japanese business and politics, corruption of the sort that can make for great setting for a spy story.

Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.

The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.