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" 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

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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

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

Tom Clancy

Elitist

Loser

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

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

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

" Success will ruin your life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" The good old days are now. "

" 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. "

" 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

Somebody

Never

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

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

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

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