Tom Clancy 1991 Interview (Academy of Achievement)
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- Tom Clancy talks about everything from how he got started, to his stance on politics in this 1991 interview with the Academy of Achievement.
All credit goes to the Academy of Achievement.
Feel free to read and watch the entire interivew at:
www.achievement.org/autodoc/pa...
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I love the fact that his first, crazy successful novel that made his name and fame was published by an organization that had never published fiction before. Go, U.S. Naval Institute, for going big when you went weird.
3:21 "Not taking the chance, not trying, not going after your dream ... that's something to be afraid of. ... There's one thing in life that scares the hell out of me, and that's turning 65 and looking in a mirror and telling myself 'You should have done that when you had the chance, but you didn't have the guts to try.' " Tom Clancy - dead at 66.
Did you know Crichton died at the age of 66 as well? Hmmm. (knew too much)
@@ericwilliams626 people die at 66 all the time. When you say things like this you betray a wanting intellect. It’s one thing online but keep those thoughts to yourself IRL is my advice to you.
@@patty109109 Your comment was worthless and reveals a single shooter fool you are. Being open to how people die is important, especially today.
A very humble guy in all reality! He could have come off a lot more smug than most people but he didn't. He really was someone you can still look up to.
Wow, as I was trucking across Utah I had this going. I was about 6 or 7 when this was done, his optimism about the world mightve been high... knowing how the Balkans went a couple years later was a wakeup, but his later novels learn from such. I'm relieved he passed away when he did, I think the ridiculousness of today would dusturb him.
A regular guy with an idea. Persistence and courage to see it through. All of us have this in us. There is success inside of you and I. Do something you love! See it through! I've been making model kits since 2015. My website started last April.
Whenever I need a confidence boost, I watch Tom and Brian Shul. Thanks, Tom Clancy. You remind all of us what is possible!
No sorrier word of mouth or pen than those that say 'It might have been"
Now, get off your ass and follow your dream!
This. Enough so, I stopped watching this on my TV and went and grabbed my work laptop that's logged in just to reply to this one single comment. If there's one thing that never ceases to amaze me, it's the potential inside even a single human being.
Ugh, looking back on it now, i have to admit that the works of tom clancy probably had some influence on me joining the marines back in 99
How many wise things can you say in one video?
The first 20 minutes of this are legendary. I agree with the politics in the second half, but the first part is universally applicable and palatable.
This man had such wisdom...
I loved every seconds of it.
Rest in peace Mr. Clancy
Legend 👊🏽 They don’t make them like this no more Shame on you Ubisoft nowadays Tom Clancy was the Men 👊🏽
Ubisoft ever made him in the first place, pretty sure his Mum and Dad did! ;-)
When my grandfather was alive he said to me that in USSR he was known As Tom Victorovich Clancy.
Back then i was in 5th grade and his words didnt make much sence to me back then.
Pure genius, a great geostrategist and military historian, not to mention a ebenezer stone of american writing.
What to take away from Tom is practical, thoughtful, honest analysis of that which is. And an optimism for the American model of government. It must be understood that no form of government will ever be ultimately be successful, insofar as the inherent human nature of us all will spoil it every time. The American model has been the best yet seen in the world to date, but it is under attack from our own nature as every form must be. The world will do its best to correct itself every time, as it is now. Power and wealth is the reason and the key to understanding this.
You're an inspiration Tom.
all his words is Idea
make this idea to fact...into our daily life
carry on his bath..carry his torch...
from one candle you can light other candle
the road did not start with him nor it will finish he is just part off the chain link
so link with him
don't give up...
Thank you so much for bringing this video.
I met a guy one day and had no idea who he was .. I was the lead carpenter and I was handed the plans to a huge house overlooking The Chesapeake Bay . I was kinda pissed I never had time to review the plans and make a plan myself .. Here's the crew and here's the plans .. I overlooked a huge foundation .. But the view was startling .. All I knew that this house was to be built on an old 80 acre Kampgrounds of America .. Some co-workers were coming in with 10 -15 books at a time .. Who is he ?? all to be autographed .. Who was he ?? They said he was an author and had a movie in production " Hunt for Red October " .. He was the #1 bestseller .. WTF !!! .. Now I was never overwhelmed with his presence on the job .. He was just another guy and I had a task at hand and would always greet him .. Heya Tom .. The boss bought a trailer and kept it on the job .. Most were traveling too far to Calvert County but I lived within 40 miles .. So I drove everyday ... He would stop by the trailer at night and talk to the workers .. Just a regular guy .. .. I screwed up the frame on his front door and had to move a lot of framing without embarassing myself .. I rigged it and shifted massive amounts of framing in a instant .LOL .. When I was doing his cornice work .. a scaffold gave way and I swung out of a ton of rebar pointing upwards .. I was going to be a kebob !! I remember them digging out a tunnel to a shooting range and a pool .. The Freakin house was huge .. 22,000 sq ft .. The style on his cornice .. I found a style that I use to this day ...
WOW!!!! Just.......WOW!!!!!
There is NO video/interview anywhere on the internet or on any medium anywhere that has more wisdom than this one * * *
This guy talks extremely silent and calm by standards of today's media, with or without putting all in the consideration. That tells a lot I think.
Great interview. Mildly amusing that he spoiled a part of Patriot Games, I happen to be reading that and not gotten that far into it (not mad though, I've had plenty of time to read it).
Great Man.
A lot of very good wisdom presented here...R.I.P. Mr. Clancy.
Such a boss we don't even need the questions.
He should have Been President..
Why? I mean he was a good writer but it doesn't qualify him to be president!
@@Big-guy1981 A lot of people qualify for jobs and it doesn't mean their going be any good at it. At least he had an American first type mind set which you need and many presidents don't have. Trump had this mindset which is why he his hated by the left.
He would've been a great National Security adviser in Trumps cabinet.
He didn't want the pay cut.
A Republican he may have been but he was a principled one. No way he would have supported a doofus like Trump.
thankyou
Brilliant
It's sad that his vision for peace in the future did not come true at ALL.
why'd he call it 'the future' than?
@@AaronCleetus-cj4gw like the dude said "his vision for the future'', and I was like, he didn't call it "the future" for nothing.
Clancy was an idealist. A Conservative idealist. He believed in the good of the system. In short, I think the more research he did he found out what the system was really about. He learned too much. He was silenced.
Surely the nature of war has changed. In ancient times, Greeks and Romans fought competing regional powers. In the 19th century, global powers also fought for dominance. The 20th century began with a multipolar world (WWI & WWII), advanced to a bipolar world (USA/USSR) and ended in a unipolar world (USA). It'll be interesting to see if the USA/China go to war, but evidence says that this will not happen. Globalization has made our economies too interdependent to go to war directly. THIS is what he was referring to. Terrorism and small scale conflict (GWOT) has replaced global power vs. global power.
@@Joshjames1234 We've circled back to small tribes chucking sticks.
Dad-isms with Tom Clancy.
Very Dad-ish indeed
Great stuff.
Could he have just narrated his novels. His voice is very objective like and commanding.
amazing how he understood the political understanding more than political figures at the helm of their respective nations. Everything he said has come true, 30 years later. And the point about risk, 21:00 the new phraseology is "Coddling", with Haidt writing Coddling of the American Mind. That this is exactly what Clancy warned about, and exactly what we have now, the risk-averse world.
HELP, please. Where's the entire interview? The link above (just under title, by clicking "show more") to the Academy of Achievement does not work. Does anyone know links to either the entire video, or to the transcript of the entire video?
Good catch! After searching on their website, it seems they removed Tom's interview entirely. From what I remember, they had uploaded all the clips separately, and I downloaded each clip. There was no uncut version. Now that they removed such an important interview, I'm happy I downloaded it all!
@@Joshjames1234 I'm extremely grateful that you assembled and uploaded it. IMO it's exceptionally insightful and valuable. Lots of wisdom. "Much wheat, no chaff" Wish more people would see it.
"When you try to absolve people from responsibility all you end up with is more regular reckless behavior and we have seen too much of that." 21:00/41:38
If this doesn’t hype you to be a better (insert whatever you identify with ), then don’t know what will.
20 and intimidated, no way. This youngster have been through war at that age.
When he speaks about maximizes the ability to to come up with products and ideas i think of levi strauss and his brilliance
Somewhere in Langley there's a star. ✴
I would like to believe that...
"We are coming to a point in society where anything other than a perfect outcome, is something you sue about." ---> Oh, he didn't live long enough to experience cancel culture. 10X worse than damn lawyers.
Tom Clancy was so ahead of his time. But, he wouldn't believe how far this country gone now.
I wonder what he would have made of Trump.
the father of tactical shooters
He wrote a few books, too...
About tactical shooting
How many small steps do you guys think it will take for an average smo to achieve his legendary status
Writing a page every day. Whether it is good or not at first, every page after will be a tiny bit better than the last. Persistence and practice.
Where is the full video?
Success bullshit came over me hehe yes indeed. What a genius this man was and is.
3:38 Freaky. He'll end up dying at 66. 😢
His smoking no doubt lead to his heart attacks and ultimate death.... very sad.
Risk is a credo of the insurance and law business so he learned something. TC made his money on the cold war struggle period and he was right then about arms and the man. However I'd like to know , were he alive, what hed say about Russias use of soft power OIL resources ? and how MASSIVE military spending in these Oil wars on our part have limits as every bomb weapon produces no value and has created more debt as they are one and done . Certainly theres a NEED for military strength but there are vast areas of infrastructure needs in our country not abroad that need spending to improve our own commerce internally and externally. And I think if you focus too much on conquest of something like the huge land mass of russia or central asia or china you err because what would you do with 13 time zones speaking 60+ languages when those inhabitants cant manage it as it exists. To think youd do better with our system on that level is the height of hubris . Pick your battles and battlefields because discretion is the better part of valor and risk assessment. Know your enemy.
I would love to hear Tom Clancy's perspective on current events as well. No doubt he was a Reaganite conservative, but Reagan didn't oversee a 20-year war on multiple fronts, and we have the privilege of seeing how Reagan's policies played out, for all their pros and cons. While there are echoes of the Cold War today, no doubt the worldwide balance of power is different than it was in the 1980s (unipolar vice bipolar). 66 years old is way too young!
@Evan Hodge Wasn't Reagan an actor?
Who woulda' thunk he chose Insurance as the biz to get into?
A snippet of one of Orson welles quotes there at the end?
I think welles said something like " if it we're not for women, us men would still be living in caves and eating raw meat ? " hahaha.
It would have been so interesting to hear his view on the current events, the PRC, Russian invasion of Ukraine, etc.
Agreed. Such a shame he passed away so young.
29:12 He said, “big league,” as Trump did.
he made the division?
He branded it, at least. He was an Author, and a pretty good one, too. Pick up _Hunt for Red October_ or _Without Remorse_ some time.
The division was inspired by his work. In a few of his novels terrorists plan on releasing bio weapons to kill off the population but ultimately fail. The division is essentially a scenario based on if it did happen
08:28 , 11:32
And now we are facing a generation of young Americans who think socialism is the answer.
There are some very dedicated Marxists, in American academia for example.
I just wonder what he would have thought about our " wonderful 45 president " the complete opposite to his republican beliefs. With the greatest of respect I'm sure he's turning in his grave
I'd say he'd be much more horrified by everything else that's happened to his country since his untimely death. The Orange Man would be the least of his worries.
Ha Ha. "We are living in a time when there is no prospect of major powers going to war." That didn't last long unfortunately.
Tom had a lot of wisdom. Smart guy. Oh, he had some writing talent also.
Until the last year it was true, I’m not concerned about russia going to war with us. They have quite enough on their plate.
No he's still right. At least for another fifty years or so.
Russia is a paper tiger.
Chinas Navy is not even close to competing with us.
Our biggest threat is the left/socialism.
He really should have adjusted his trying speech to reasonable attempts at trying. If you try things which aren't mathematically even close to you getting there, its not helpful to your time on this earth. It's best to try for things that are relativity attainable. That's what you tell a young person.
He should stick to writing.
Perhaps what he says is going over your head?
Perhaps what I said went over YOUR head?
@@eriksmith2514 lol no, not hardly. What Tom Clancy spoke of is true. Unless you're a left-wing socialist.
"What Tom Clancy spoke of is true."
I never said it was false.
Guys, the man's been dead for almost six years.
I had lost a lot of time with my 1st child but my 2nd was a son and I tried and did get to have more time with him, but it still haunts me like a nightmare.