“It's one thing to say you're for the war; it's another thing to send y...” — Tim O'Brien Quote

“It's one thing to say you're for the war; it's another thing to send your kid to war - your daughter or your son.”

“Sure, best seller. I'd love to knock Stephen King off the top of the list. I know I won't, but, after all, I spend my life inventing a different reality.”

“When I have a book I enjoy, I'm partly in the book. I'm not just observing it.”

“The other night my daughter shouted: 'What's that flying out of the window? It's the rules!' So that's how we roll.”

“Because I'm my parents' daughter, and get attention from things I've done in the past, that probably goes over people's heads.”

“Honestly, people can write anything they want about me and I could care less, but once you start writing stuff about my family, my wife and my daughter and son or my mother-in-law, then you're drawing a line.”