316 Quotes by Tom Clancy

The good old days are now.

My vision for this book and the others in the series is to let people know what kind of commanders we have, ... You don't pick generals off park benches. ... They are experts at what they do and lot of thinking goes into it. And I want to get across to people the intellectual dimension of command, to let people know that it's hard to be a general. And the people we have with general stars on their shoulders are pretty smart and pretty good guys.

The thing you have to understand about fighter pilots is they never quite grow past the stage of little boys buzzing past girls on their bicycles,

There's been historical conflict between China and Russia for well over 1,000 years,

Along the way he also learned one or two things about leadership and national security and what our country is all about and what we're trying to do in the world.

Washington D.C. is about 300 square miles surrounded by realty.

Liberation and equal-rights issues notwithstanding, it was a man's job to make a woman feel cherished and respected.

There is a long and honorable tradition of citizens in service to their nation that goes back at least as far as Cincinnatus, the Roman citizen who, more than once answered his country's call, then returned to his farm and his family and his work.

Keep at it! The one talent that's indispensable to a writer is persistence. You must write the book, else there is no book. It will not finish itself. Do not try to commit art. Just tell the damned story.