"The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people."

"Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?"

"There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives."

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."

"The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us."

"No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it."

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

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

"It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons."

"America is the most inventive country in the world because everybody has access to information."

"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."

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

"Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can't do that."

"Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away."

"I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?"

"The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that."

"The good old days are now."

"Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed."

"People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?"

"Collaboration on a book is the ultimate unnatural act."