“Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about findi...” — Tom Clancy Quote

“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.”

“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.”

“Collaboration on a book is the ultimate unnatural act.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Government tends to stifle innovation, and it abhors improvisation. Any good military strategist will tell you that a battle plan rarely survives past the first engagement. After that, you have to improvise to survive and to win.”

“I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless deadlines or reader expectations as necessary evils. It's probably not as stressful as mining coal or leading men into battle.”

“I'm not here to battle anybody. In the end it's just an instrument. That shouldn't be a concept.”

“I like that defender-versus-striker battle, that challenge.”

“Cities are where the climate battle will be won or lost.”

“We go out there every night, and we fight the battle. We don't care about people who don't think we're true metal. We hope to change their minds. I have total faith.”