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> [During the writing of all of my books, I've learned that, most of all, people want to know that someone is listening and - this is the tricky part - remembering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/during-the-writing-of-all-of-my-books-i-ve-learned-that-most-of-all/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

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## More by Doug Stanton

> [I like to tell stories about people trying to make the right, difficult decision at the least opportune moment... People in a crucible of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/i-like-to-tell-stories-about-people-trying-to-make-the-right/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [Instead of large-scale occupations, we should rely on small units of Special Forces who have proved it's infinitely more effective to work with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/instead-of-large-scale-occupations-we-should-rely-on-small-units-of/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [When I look at Lake Michigan each July, I imagine the men of the Indianapolis visible on the horizon; dark heads, struggling arms, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/when-i-look-at-lake-michigan-each-july-i-imagine-the-men-of-the/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [“On a training mission, he’d watched as Nightstalker pilots cut their own landing zone using the rotors of the helicopter as giant hedge clippers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/on-a-training-mission-he-d-watched-as-nightstalker-pilots-cut-their/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [“McCoy, drained and hollow-eyed, couldn't take his eyes off the life vest belonging to the boy who'd slipped away from the group during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/mccoy-drained-and-hollow-eyed-couldn-t-take-his-eyes-off-the-life/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [“On November 5, to kick off the final, coordinated assault on Baluch, Stu Mansfield, positioned with Atta at the warlord’s mountaintop compound, ordered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/on-november-5-to-kick-off-the-final-coordinated-assault-on-baluch-stu/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [Most audiences are being attracted to '12 Strong' because of what they might expect to see from a movie like this, which is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/most-audiences-are-being-attracted-to-12-strong-because-of-what-they/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> ['Horse Soldiers' is the untold story of how a small band of U.S. Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan in 2001, just five weeks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/horse-soldiers-is-the-untold-story-of-how-a-small-band-of-u-s-special/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [Writing about conflict has provided these dramatic opportunities to talk about really substantial moments in a person's life. I'm not writing about superheroes; I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/writing-about-conflict-has-provided-these-dramatic-opportunities-to/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [When I first met the survivors of the Indianapolis in 1999 while writing a book about them, their story - the last major action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/when-i-first-met-the-survivors-of-the-indianapolis-in-1999-while/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [I'm very dogged and patient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/i-m-very-dogged-and-patient/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [Of all the places I've been while talking to audiences about the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group and their story in Afghanistan, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/of-all-the-places-i-ve-been-while-talking-to-audiences-about-the-u-s/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [While researching 'Horse Soldiers,' I conducted over 100 interviews in the U.S. and in Afghanistan, and in Afghanistan, I walked and studied key sites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/while-researching-horse-soldiers-i-conducted-over-100-interviews-in/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [Robert Frost had a house in Bennington, Vermont, and I had a friend, the poet Mary Ruefle, who was the caretaker of it when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/robert-frost-had-a-house-in-bennington-vermont-and-i-had-a-friend-the/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

> [That's the potential power of a single voice - a neighbor's, a teacher's, a parent's, a friend's. It can change you, make you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanton/that-s-the-potential-power-of-a-single-voice-a-neighbor-s-a-teacher-s/)

[Doug Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanton/)

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