Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo Clancy, Jr.was an American novelist and video game designer best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science story lines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghost writers, nonfiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and vice-chairman of their community...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 April 1947
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.
The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.
The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood.
The general difference between conservatives and liberals is that liberals like pretty pictures and conservatives like to build bridges that people can drive across.
The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality.
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.
The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets.
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.
Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?