Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.

Writing fiction means putting a lot of what you believe about the world at risk, because you have to follow your characters.

Our country regularly uses military force, but only a fraction of Americans serve in the military. This means fewer and fewer people have a direct link to the military, and yet it remains as important as ever that we have a rich understanding of what we are doing as a country.

I wrote some weird magical realism stories that are probably on some hard drive somewhere, and if I ever uncover that hard drive, I'll burn it. I tried to do a little bit of writing while I was in Iraq, but it wasn't the really greatest space for creative production.

It's not so much the question that offends me; it's that the people asking it don't seem to respect the moral seriousness of the question.

War is too strange to be processed alone.

I've worked hard to remember it...The problem is I'm not sure what's real memory and what's my brain filling in details, like a guy whose heart stops and he thinks he sees a bright light. Except I'm sure of my bright light.