The World Motivation
In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.
“In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.”
— Tom Clancy · Chance
In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.
The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.
Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.
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.
There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.
Whether I'll get the chance to write fiction, I don't know. I could do political conspiracy thrillers, couldn't I? With an investigative journalist as the heroine.
If you think that people can change... and, if they've grown and they've expressed contrition or regret, that they should be given a chance, then you should vote for me.
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends, and caffeine.
When locational information is collected, people should be given advance notice and a chance to opt out. Data should be erased as soon as its main purpose is met.