Tom Clancy

I write strictly for fun... as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it.

— Tom Clancy

She didn't strike me as a "crossword in ink" kind of girl

— Tom Clancy

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

— Tom Clancy

Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.

— Tom Clancy

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.

— Tom Clancy

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

— Tom Clancy

“Marine.” Say the word to any American, and you can count on a strong reaction.”

— Tom Clancy

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.

— Tom Clancy

“I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.”

— Tom Clancy

America is the most inventive country in the world because everybody has access to information.

— Tom Clancy

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

— Tom Clancy

“In the Soviet Union every worker is a government worker, and they have a saying: As long as the bosses pretend to…

— Tom Clancy

Every person you meet - and everything you do in life - is an opportunity to learn something.

— Tom Clancy

“One presidential advisor to another: "If the world made sense, we'd all have to find honest work.”

— Tom Clancy

“Every country in the world had a bureaucracy, whose entire purpose was to delay important things from happening.”

— Tom Clancy

“Dominic took the bait: “If the President breaks the law, then the House of Representatives impeaches him and the Senate convicts him,…

— Tom Clancy

“A Guards regiment, eh, Comrade Colonel? These tit-sucking children could not guard a Turkish whorehouse; much less do anything worthwhile inside of…

— Tom Clancy

The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being,…

— Tom Clancy

“Even today, the memory of Ribbon Creek influences the way new recruits are handled—not with kid gloves, but with respect for their…

— Tom Clancy

“Jack assumed they would be heading to the pub there in Century House. It was drab, like the rest of the building,…

— Tom Clancy

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not... Responsibilities need not erase…

— Tom Clancy

When I was doing 'Executive Orders,' I talked about Ebola to people who know about infectious diseases and their use as weapons…

— Tom Clancy

“November 1775, when our Founding Fathers “. . .resolved, that two Battalions of Marines be raised. . .[and]. . .that particular care be taken that no person be…

— Tom Clancy

Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author…

— Tom Clancy

Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.

— Tom Clancy

Privacy and loneliness were the traditional luxuries accorded to a skipper.

— Tom Clancy

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

— Tom Clancy

“History admires the wise, but it elevates the brave. —EDMUND MORRIS”

— Tom Clancy

Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" happened? That's how you start.

— Tom Clancy

I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How…

— Tom Clancy

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

— Tom Clancy

Switzerland is a land where crime is virtually unknown, yet most Swiss males are required by law to keep in their homes…

— Tom Clancy

In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them. They tried…

— Tom Clancy

To Ronald Wilson Regan, The Fortieth President of The United States: The Man Who Won The War.

— Tom Clancy

I’ve been telling people for 12 years that if you want to get a nuclear device into the United States, just bring…

— Tom Clancy

(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.

— Tom Clancy

“it’s about doing the job you’ve trained your ass off to be good at, taking care of the guys to your left…

— Tom Clancy

Colleges typically did not tell you that ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall. People…

— Tom Clancy

Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.

— Tom Clancy

Ebola is a nasty disease to get. It's scary. But as a weapon, it is probably not likely. Ebola is a difficult…

— Tom Clancy