Everyone who is not happy must be shot.

A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue.

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know.

No problem exists in isolation, one must first reduce it to its basic components, then tackle each component in turn.

Luck's just another word for destiny... either you make your own or you're screwed.

For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed.

Power expands through the distribution of secrecy.