Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.

The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it.

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

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

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

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