Tom Clancy Quotes

Before, it was always, 'Oh, no, here comes Clancy, that insurance agent.' Now it's, 'Oh, here comes Tom Clancy, bestselling author.' But I'm still the same basic middle-class slob.

Tom Clancy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1947 - October 1, 2013

Topics

InsuranceNowSameAlwaysHere

Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.

Jill Scott

LifeMeHurtFeelDownSometimes

I think any kind of hiatus one takes in an artistic journey is going to make a huge difference. The pause will inform the choices that you make.

Mel Gibson

JourneyChoicesThinkYouKindWill

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.

John le Carre

RelationshipThinkYouRealTension

Mormonism is not historic Christianity. When people say, 'Well, Mormons and Christians all believe the same things,' my response is, 'If that's true, why are they always on my front doorstep trying to convert me?'

Robert Jeffress

PeopleMeBelieveTryingSayTrue

I grew up at Real Madrid and played there a long time.

Alvaro Morata

TimeLongLong TimeRealUpMadrid

It all comes together. It's - that's the way it's always worked for me with songwriting.

Tracy Chapman

TogetherMeWaySongwritingAlways

You just never know who's going to have chemistry. You can put two of the sexiest people in the world together, and they could be completely flat.

Rosamund Pike

TogetherPeopleWorldYouKnowTwo

By the time I got to 'Silence of the Lambs,' I was madly in love with close-ups because I'm madly in love with actors, and a basic premise of 'Silence of the Lambs' is the story about two people fighting their way into each other's heads.

Jonathan Demme

LoveTimeSilencePeopleStoryWay

Doing 'Veronica Mars,' Rob Thomas is a genius. He's one of my best friends. I had this feeling like I couldn't write anything other than my stuff in Jersey and what we were talking about, like that little world, like if I can throw my Aunt Janice into it, I'm cool, but otherwise I'm screwed.

Diane Ruggiero

BestCoolWorldGeniusTalking

My favourite movie right now is probably 'Hitch', a Will Smith thing.

Chris Moneymaker

NowWillRightMovieFavourite

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band programs in the country at the time.

Bobby McFerrin

TimeBestSchoolCollegeCountry

I've never done a horror movie, like a full-on gore slasher film.

Asa Butterfield

DoneHorrorNeverFilmLikeMovie

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