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Phil Klay Quotes

It’s not so much the question that offends me; it’s that the people asking it don’t seem to respect the moral seriousness of the question Picture Quote #1

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are as much every U.S. citizen’s wars as they are the veterans’ wars. If we don’t assume that civilians have just as much ownership and the moral responsibilities that we have as a nation when we embark on something like that, then we’re in a very bad situation Picture Quote #1

It’s not a problem to be surrounded by other writers if that’s the craft that you’re doing. I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad. But I live near really smart, thoughtful people who take writing very seriously, and I can meet them for breakfast and talk books Picture Quote #1

There’s something odd about working 24/7, being consumed with everything that’s happening in Iraq, and then coming back to the country that ordered you over there only to realize that a lot of Americans are not really paying attention Picture Quote #1

And that was my homecoming. It was fine, I guess. Getting back feels like your first breath after nearly drowning. Even if it hurts, it’s good Picture Quote #1

At least for me, writing a book is continual exposure to blind spots. There were things I wanted to be true and wanted to believe, but it always got more complicated in the fiction Picture Quote #1

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In war, it feels like everything you’re doing is more important because you’re in the proximity of violence and death, and that proximity changes your relationship to America because it changes the way you see the world Picture Quote #1

Marines and soldiers don’t issue themselves orders; they don’t send themselves overseas. United States citizens elect the leaders who send us overseas Picture Quote #1

The First Battle of Fallujah was called off in part because of the intensity of non-U.S. media coverage of civilian casualties from outlets like Al Jazeera Picture Quote #1

I’ve certainly thought a lot more about things like tyranny and patriotism and violence. I think I found some kind of clarity - definitely a thicker understanding Picture Quote #1

I write in coffee shops, libraries, parks, museums. I get antsy and then get on my bike and go someplace else, letting the ideas spin around in my head as I dodge taxis Picture Quote #1

The Cold War provided justification for a larger peacetime military, since we were never really at peace, or so the argument went Picture Quote #1

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I’d been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war Picture Quote #1

We have a tendency to think of war as this quasi-mystical thing, and that interpretation flattens the experience - by using different perspectives, I wanted to open a place for readers to compare and contrast, to make judgments, to engage Picture Quote #1

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It’s not so much the question that offends me; it’s that the people asking it don’t seem to respect the moral seriousness of the question. (Phil Klay Quotes) The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are as much every U.S. citizen’s wars as they are the veterans’ wars. If we don’t assume that civilians have just as much ownership and the moral responsibilities that we have as a nation when we embark on something like that, then we’re in a very bad situation. (Phil Klay Quotes) It’s not a problem to be surrounded by other writers if that’s the craft that you’re doing. I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad. But I live near really smart, thoughtful people who take writing very seriously, and I can meet them for breakfast and talk books. (Phil Klay Quotes) There’s something odd about working 24/7, being consumed with everything that’s happening in Iraq, and then coming back to the country that ordered you over there only to realize that a lot of Americans are not really paying attention. (Phil Klay Quotes) And that was my homecoming. It was fine, I guess. Getting back feels like your first breath after nearly drowning. Even if it hurts, it’s good (Phil Klay Quotes) At least for me, writing a book is continual exposure to blind spots. There were things I wanted to be true and wanted to believe, but it always got more complicated in the fiction. (Phil Klay Quotes) In war, it feels like everything you’re doing is more important because you’re in the proximity of violence and death, and that proximity changes your relationship to America because it changes the way you see the world. (Phil Klay Quotes) Marines and soldiers don’t issue themselves orders; they don’t send themselves overseas. United States citizens elect the leaders who send us overseas. (Phil Klay Quotes) The First Battle of Fallujah was called off in part because of the intensity of non-U.S. media coverage of civilian casualties from outlets like Al Jazeera. (Phil Klay Quotes) I’ve certainly thought a lot more about things like tyranny and patriotism and violence. I think I found some kind of clarity - definitely a thicker understanding. (Phil Klay Quotes) I write in coffee shops, libraries, parks, museums. I get antsy and then get on my bike and go someplace else, letting the ideas spin around in my head as I dodge taxis. (Phil Klay Quotes) The Cold War provided justification for a larger peacetime military, since we were never really at peace, or so the argument went. (Phil Klay Quotes) I’d been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war. (Phil Klay Quotes) We have a tendency to think of war as this quasi-mystical thing, and that interpretation flattens the experience - by using different perspectives, I wanted to open a place for readers to compare and contrast, to make judgments, to engage. (Phil Klay Quotes)

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