“The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought.”
“I find it significant that most of the people who believe in just war have never fought in one; examples: Barack W. Bush and George H. Obama.”
“You are one of my nicest thoughts.”
“The ones who hate me the most are the ones who don't scare me.”
“In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and listened to many detailed and intense stories firsthand, but the one comment that affected me the most came from a former soldier who lowered his gaze to the tabletop and said, ‘I never watch war movies.”
“I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.”