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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Success will ruin your life. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer. "

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

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

" Collaboration on a book is the ultimate unnatural act. "

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

" The good old days are now. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

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