Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.

It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country, " he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.

Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!

Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?""Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir.

And as I venture into anothers pit of everlasting darkness, I'll return with a simple blackened rose. and with that rose I shall write the stories it tells.

A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.

All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's Divine Presence.

Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels natural.

If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.

My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

Hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. The fight for the taxpayer is the most hopeless of them all.

The literature of the world has exerted its power by being translated.

America and Canada are the best friends. We've always been the best friends.

I believe the adventure game genre will never die any more than any type of storytelling would ever die.