Coming home Quote by John Boyne

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

— John Boyne

War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect…

— Irwin Winkler

War is more like a novel than it is like real life and that is its eternal fascination. It is a thing based on…

— Gertrude Stein

I think the war movie genre is a very important genre in film. Film gives you a visceral experience of something that you would…

— Helen Mirren

The war was an escape to reality... The only thing that mattered were human relationships; not money, not position, not even family... Only relationships…

— William Wyler

“When I was young and impressionable, I thought of war as a sort of romantic crucible, a test of one’s manhood and mettle. In…

— Marko Kloos

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Contrary to what you've just seen, war is neither glamorous nor fun. There are no winners, only losers.…

— Nancy Cartwright

I personally feel like, if you're watching a film about war, you should get a sense of what it's really like.

— Angelina Jolie

“War is a red haze punctuated by horror and death. It's a sequence of things that no human should ever have to know are…

— Mark Lawrence

For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although…

— Gwynne Dyer

War is a business in which a lot of people watch a few people get killed and are damn glad it wasn't them.

— Herman Wouk