“ Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question.… Tom Clancy
“ I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops. Tom Clancy
“ Courage was not something one picked out of the air. It was something like a bank account. You could withdraw only so much before it was necessary to stop, to take the time to make new deposits. Tom Clancy
“ Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. Tom Clancy
“ In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. Tom Clancy
“ There used to be this country called the Soviet Union it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs. Tom Clancy
“ Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed. Tom Clancy
“ One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the ground, if you flew high enough you could always find the sun. Tom Clancy
“ 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 ar… Tom Clancy
“ It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you. Tom Clancy
“ I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story. Tom Clancy
“ The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. Tom Clancy
“ We wait. No sense spooking him. We let him come in nice and close while we do our famous imitation of a hole in the water, Tom Clancy
“ It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly. Tom Clancy
“ Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy. Tom Clancy
