Tom Clancy Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“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?”

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

“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.”

“The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.”

“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 role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Success will ruin your life.”