I think I'm still just as conflicted about the war as I always was. On the one hand, I was a soldier carrying out his duty, following his allegiance to his country and to the mission at hand. But yet,… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
If Fobbit leaves a reader feeling stranded in some bland in-between territory, then I haven't done my job. But having said all that, I… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
Seeing any war through the distortion of comedy is healthy. There is just too much absurdity and irony at play in a combat zone… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
The modern wars are also omnipresent in our electronic media - to be cynical about it, we now have 24 hours of non-stop bloodshed… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
I think I'm still just as conflicted about the war as I always was. On the one hand, I was a soldier carrying out… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
There is no more "front" and "rear" where Fobbit-types would go to hide out in safer locations. In Iraq and Afghanistan, you engaged in… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
I think it's possible - perhaps even necessary - to find comedy in any war. I mean, look at the brilliant work which was… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
It's disingenous for me to say that I wasn't trying to write a moral novel. By its very nature as a novel about the… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to write a corrective novel - that would just end up tasting like medicine, and I tried to stay away from… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
With a profession such as investing, people see the 'doing' as the buying and selling. It is difficult to come home from work, and… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
The careful choice of words, the scrubbing of language, the calculated images we presented to the external audiences - those were all major parts… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
The near impossible. If no one believed in the impossible there would be nothing left to dream about — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
Wars always evolve over time, don't they? Iraq/Afghanistan is different than Vietnam, and Vietnam was different than Korea, and Korea was different than World… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
