There is an old saying: In history nothing is true but the names and dates. In fiction everything is true but the names and dates. The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

All field agents have some cowboy in them – even the ones from New York.

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not... Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it... Because the dream is within you. No one can take your dream away.

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

Bill Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town.

What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.

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