I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.

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

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

If you don't write the book, the book ain't gonna get written.

I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.

An overnight success is ten years in the making.