The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution.

Giving your book to Hollywood is like turning your daughter over to a pimp.

The KGB still killed people, the KGB would not execute its last prisoner until the final days of its existence in 1991, but by the eighties a termination required paperwork and signatures and a post-action review.

What do I know about sex? I’m a married man.

I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.

Most things in here don't react well to bullets.