I never wanted to do anything else but fight, when I was a kid. I never had any broader perspective of my… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
I grew up reading Tolkien, and I love him. But I love him in the way that you love that rambly old… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I'm halfway through a novel set in two time frames - Austin in the 1960's and Alpine (Texas) in present day. It… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
I hang out with my dad mostly, my dad was in the military. He's at that age now where his war stories… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
If you go into a comic book store, there are tons of Star Wars stories on the stand. There are lots of… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
War is, after all, the universal perversion ... war stories, the pornography of war. — John Rae Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a soldier returns home and all he can do is share his story in the hopes that somehow, in some way,… — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
Explicit knowledge, conventionally delivered like pizza (neat boxes with toppings of concepts, theories, best practices and war stories), is consumed by the… — Richard Pascale Copy Share Image
[Y]ou can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil. — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“A very important man used to visit her sometimes, and I met him too. He loved children and used to dandle me… — Alfred Nestor Copy Share Image
The last element in drama is high stakes. War, of course, is life and death - survival, not only for the story's… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“I didn't tell him that I'd put his awful stories in boxes and stacked them on a shelf at the back of… — Lauren Wolk Copy Share Image
I enjoyed Old Man's War immensely. A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
I see the reports of Anson Hunter's death have been greatly exaggerated... and I trust so are his war stories. — Richard Finney Copy Share Image
Anyone who has been in business can tell war stories about the bumps in the road. But if they've outlasted the competition,… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
If a story seems moral, do not believe it. If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Can the foot soldier teach anything important about war, merely for having been there? I think not. He can tell war stories. — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Love and happiness inextricably combined? I wanted love stories to coincide with war stories, I wanted hope for my characters, I wanted… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Men Against Jive is a brilliant title! That's a military story, that's a difficult one to explain really because that's sort of… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“Never say war insane at the moment for you to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.” — Oscar Auliq-Ice Copy Share Image
My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
In any war story, but especially a true one, it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image