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" 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. "

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" It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons. "

" 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. "

" In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. "

" 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. "

" There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs. "

" The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality. "

" Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them. "

" 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. "

" Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? "

" I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part. "

" Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser. "

" America is the most inventive country in the world because everybody has access to information. "

" What do I know about sex? I'm a married man. "

" Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle. "

" The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood. "

" Learn to write the same way you learn to play golf. You do it and keep doing it until you get it right. "

" The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets. "

" Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. They realized they couldn't beat us. "

" 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. "

" Ebola is a nasty disease to get. It's scary. But as a weapon, it is probably not likely. Ebola is a difficult malady to weaponize and deliver efficiently. "

" I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal. "

" 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? "

" Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed. "

" No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it. "

" Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die. "

" There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves. "

" The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. "

" Success will ruin your life. "

" 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? "