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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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. "

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

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

" Wars are begun by frightened men. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" Success will ruin your life. "

" The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "