Top 98 Quotes by Phil Klay

About Phil Klay

These are some quotes by American author Phil Klay Writer, who was born in 1983.

I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, war is the industrial-scale slaughter of other humans.

I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, war is the industrial-scale slaughter of other humans.

Phil Klay

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.

Phil Klay

The civilian wants to respect what the veteran has gone through. The veteran wants to protect memories that are painful and sacred to him from outside judgment.

The civilian wants to respect what the veteran has gone through. The veteran wants to protect memories that are painful and sacred to him from outside judgment.

Phil Klay

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

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

Phil Klay

The Iraq I returned from was, in my mind, a fairly simple place. By which I mean it had little relationship to reality. It's only with time and the help of smart, empathetic friends willing to pull through many serious conversations that I've been able to learn more about what I witnessed.

Phil Klay

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.

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

People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.

People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.

Phil Klay

I doubt there's anything you could say to Donald Rumsfeld that would puncture the armor of his narcissism.

I doubt there's anything you could say to Donald Rumsfeld that would puncture the armor of his narcissism.

Phil Klay

I love opera. I love jazz, especially Mingus. This makes me sound highbrow. I'm not.

I love opera. I love jazz, especially Mingus. This makes me sound highbrow. I'm not.

Phil Klay

People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories.

People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories.

Phil Klay

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