“For me, leaving the Marine Corps was more disorienting than returning ...” — Phil Klay Quote

“For me, leaving the Marine Corps was more disorienting than returning home.”

“People lie to themselves all the time about what they've been through and what it means - I'm no exception. But you write those lies down - lies that really matter to you and that are really painful to let go of because they've become a part of who you are - and they don't work.”

“I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, war is the industrial-scale slaughter of other humans.”

“The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.”

“It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.”

“I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property.'”