...much of modern military tactics is geared toward maneuvering the enemy into a position where they can essentially be massacred from safety. (pg. 140)

War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

War is a lot of things and it's useless to pretend that exciting isn't one of them. (pg. 144)

The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.

... once you start demonizing groups of people, when you make them the other, you can justify doing just about anything you want to the, can't you? Look at history if you don't believe me.

Every end of the day is a great movie and the Sun above is surely the leading actor in this film!

Right now, all she knew was that she had the potential to love him greatly and fiercely, and she wanted to do so and nothing else very much and for many years.

Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in Syria ? This is a double standard that we don't accept.

I work on one page, revising and polishing until I can't make it better, then move on to the next. Some pages might get 20 or more drafts before I move on.

Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.

I do have a strong desire to make films that will take the audience to some uncharted places both tonally and emotionally.

Reality is, you have to work harder the older you get.

So many other things for us to see, Things to be, Our history so full of tragedy and misery.