Phil Klay

There's a very particular way that the military speaks. There's a lot of profanity and a lot of acronyms.

I was studying with Peter Carey, Colum McCann; but also, my fellow students were really critical readers for me.

'Redeployment' is a military term. It means to transfer a unit from one area to another.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Anna Deavere Smith's new one-woman show bills itself as being about health care, but the truth is that 'Let Me Down Easy' is mostly about the grimmer subject of death and dying.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.