Character Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and…

— Kurt Vonnegut

One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.

— Kurt Vonnegut

“There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Viewed as a drama, the war is somewhat disappointing.

— D. W. Griffith

The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled,…

— Sloane Crosley

And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn…

— Tim O'Brien

The last element in drama is high stakes. War, of course, is life and death - survival, not only for the story's characters, but…

— Steven Pressfield

If you're going to write about war, which my books are about, wars are nasty things. I think it's sort of a cheap, easy…

— George R. R. Martin

I have trouble describing characters because there is just too much going on in human beings.

— Lisa Kudrow

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.

— Elizabeth Samet

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all.

— Kurt Vonnegut

People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in…

— John Boyne