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

That's the ultimate pornography. There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the ground, if you flew high enough you could always find the sun.

When I go to peoples' houses I like to sneak into their bedrooms and try on their underwear.

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.

Morituri non cognant, perhaps. Those who are about to die — just don't know.