Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if “X” happened? That’s how you start.
Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.
There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it’s not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.
Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.
To Ronald Wilson Regan, The Fortieth President of The United States: The Man Who Won The War.
Even true believers had consciences, Too bad.
Liberation and equal-rights issues notwithstanding, it was a man’s job to make a woman feel cherished and respected.
Colleges typically did not tell you that ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall. People might ask for a rebate.
Learn to write the same way you learn to play golf. You do it and keep doing it until you get it right.
Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.
Success will ruin your life.
What do I know about sex? I’m a married man.
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.
I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?
It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.
Wars are begun by frightened men.
A lawyer is just like an attack dog, only without a conscience.
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.
America is the most inventive country in the world because everybody has access to information.
Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.