“A lot of the great pieces of journalism from Iraq showed how important...” — Phil Klay Quote

“A lot of the great pieces of journalism from Iraq showed how important command influence was in violent, aggressive environments, where Marines and soldiers had a constrained set of choices to make in sudden moments.”

“At least for me, writing a book is continual exposure to blind spots. There were things I wanted to be true and wanted to believe, but it always got more complicated in the fiction.”

“The notion that war forever separates veterans from the rest of mankind has been long embedded in our collective consciousness.”

“I've got an outspoken personality, which gets people thinking, and my style of fighting is aggressive. Everything's on the line all the time. In my fights, there's drama.”

“The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.”

“Latin men are the most passionate men in the world - they may not be the most aggressive, but they are very passionate, very romantic.”