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
Tom Clancy quotes about
The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.
Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.
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.
There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up.
Success will ruin your life.
There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.
Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.
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?
That's the ultimate pornography There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.
I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.