There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.

Liberation and equal-rights issues notwithstanding, it was a man's job to make a woman feel cherished and respected.

My life is a very simple life thank you

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

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

Keep at it! The one talent that's indispensable to a writer is persistence. You must write the book, else there is no book. It will not finish itself. Do not try to commit art. Just tell the damned story.

I've been telling people for 12 years that if you want to get a nuclear device into the United States, just bring it through the port of Miami disguised as cocaine.