But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.

All pain is the same. Only the details are different.

But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.

I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so.

All choices are illusions, or if they are not illusions their strength is illusory, for one choice must contend with the choices of all the other men and women deciding anything in that moment.

Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.

It's not just: you get off the plane, you're back home, everything's fine. Maybe the physical danger ends, but soldiers are still deeply at risk of being injured in a different way.