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" Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer. "
Tom Clancy
Myself
Think
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" I think about the characters I've created, and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did. "
Tom Clancy
Start
Me
Place
" Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed. "
Tom Clancy
Both
Things
Man
" There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves. "
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Out
Figure
Need
" What do I know about sex? I'm a married man. "
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About
Know
" The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood. "
Tom Clancy
You
Who
Spell
" The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us. "
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People
Support
Fight
" I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part. "
Tom Clancy
Be Real
Out
Real
" Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can't do that. "
Tom Clancy
Up
Somebody
Never
" Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them. "
Tom Clancy
Them
Ground
Badly
" There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs. "
Tom Clancy
Country
Better
Technology
" People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad? "
Tom Clancy
Knowledge
Live
Technology
" Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. They realized they couldn't beat us. "
Tom Clancy
Over
Russians
Beat
" Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. "
Tom Clancy
Art
Different
Rules
" I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal. "
Tom Clancy
Congress
You
See
" I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad? "
Tom Clancy
Bad
Information
Knowledge
" Before, it was always, 'Oh, no, here comes Clancy, that insurance agent.' Now it's, 'Oh, here comes Tom Clancy, bestselling author.' But I'm still the same basic middle-class slob. "
Tom Clancy
Now
Always
Oh
" The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people. "
Tom Clancy
People
Government
Power
" No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it. "
Tom Clancy
Will
Bad
Who
" I think about the characters I've created and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did. It's spooky. "
Tom Clancy
Spooky
Place
Me
" When I was doing 'Executive Orders,' I talked about Ebola to people who know about infectious diseases and their use as weapons of war, and guys told me that these weapons are more psychological than physical. "
Tom Clancy
Doing
Know
Me
" In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them. They tried to classify everything. "
Tom Clancy
Everything
Look
Photograph
" In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. "
Tom Clancy
You
Man
Risks
" There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives. "
Tom Clancy
Technology
Nails
Tools
" Success will ruin your life. "
Tom Clancy
Your
Life
Ruin
" Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Your life may change, but your dream doesn't have to. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. "
Tom Clancy
You
Change
Dream
" Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser. "
Tom Clancy
Elitist
Loser
Me
" Collaboration on a book is the ultimate unnatural act. "
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Ultimate
Collaboration
Book
" Wars are begun by frightened men. "
Tom Clancy
Wars
Begun
Frightened
" The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. "
Tom Clancy
Been
Better
Human
" Learn to write the same way you learn to play golf. You do it and keep doing it until you get it right. "
Tom Clancy
Way
You
Learn