“Courage was not something one picked out of the air. It was something like a bank account. You could withdraw only so much before it was necessary to stop, to take the time to make new deposits.” CharacterFaithBraveryDiscipleshipMaturation Author:Tom Clancy
“Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.” KnowsWritingCharacterInformationReaderSuspense Author:Tom Clancy
“There is more to military units than hardware. There is the character of the unit's personnel: their strengths, experience, and knowledge, their ability to get along and work together amid the horrors of the battlefield. There is an almost undefinable quality. That quality is the Marine Corps' secret weapon. Their edge. That quality is their ethos.” CharacterTogetherAbilitySecretQualityMilitaryHorrorWeaponsEdgesWorking TogetherUnitsMarineBattlefieldsMarine CorpsHardwareEthosPersonnel Book:Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit Source: Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit
“I think about the characters I've created and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did. It's spooky.” ThinkingCharacterCertainGoes OnDown AndChaptersSubconsciousSpookyTyping Author:Tom Clancy
