Top 98 Quotes by Phil Klay

About Phil Klay

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

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

Phil Klay

I did try to write in Iraq, and I failed. I think you just don't have the brain space for it.

I did try to write in Iraq, and I failed. I think you just don't have the brain space for it.

Phil Klay

In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.

In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.

Phil Klay

I suppose it is the lot of soldiers and Marines to be objectified according to the politics of the day and the mood of the American people about their war.

I suppose it is the lot of soldiers and Marines to be objectified according to the politics of the day and the mood of the American people about their war.

Phil Klay

In a strange way, you have to have a certain amount of distance from a thing in order to be able to write about it.

In a strange way, you have to have a certain amount of distance from a thing in order to be able to write about it.

Phil Klay

If you write a novel where war is nothing but hell and no one experiences excitement or cracks a dark joke, then you're not actually admitting the full experience.

If you write a novel where war is nothing but hell and no one experiences excitement or cracks a dark joke, then you're not actually admitting the full experience.

Phil Klay

A lot of times, you're interacting with people for whom you're one of the very few veterans that they've met or had a lot of interactions with, and there's a temptation for you to feel like you can pontificate about what the experience was or what it meant, and that leads to a lot of nonsense.

Phil Klay

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

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

Phil Klay

I went straight from the Marine Corps to the MFA. The way that you would express things among Marines is somewhat different than the way you're supposed to express things in a creative-writing workshop.

Phil Klay

Sometimes macho language is to mask things people are not ready to deal with.

Sometimes macho language is to mask things people are not ready to deal with.

Phil Klay

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