Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes culturally stand war
'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book. Pat Barker attentionblundenbook Change image and share on social
That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached. Pat Barker autobiographicalbalancecase share on social
I didn't belong to the sort of family where the children's classics were laid on. I went to the public library and read everything I could get my hands on. Pat Barker belongchildclassic Change image and share on social
I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves. Lindsay Lohan baddaughterday Change image and share on social
Working with franchises can be challenging, but at the same time I really did enjoy working on 'Star Wars,' for example, and I have done a lot of 'Dungeons & Dragons' games, but I still enjoy it very much. Chris Avellone challengedragondungeon share on social
Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally. Laura Mvula assessmentconstantculturally share on social
