I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

The good old days are now.

Life was such a strange thing, so permanent when one had it, so fleeting when it was lost- and those who lost it could never tell you what it was like, could they?

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

Surviving is much more painful than death.

The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

Wars are begun by frightened men.