"The word war itself has a kind of glazing abstraction to it that conjures up bombs and bullets and s..." — Tim O'Brien

The word war itself has a kind of glazing abstraction to it that conjures up bombs and bullets and so on, whereas my goal is to try to, so much as I can, capture the heart and the stomach and the back of the throat of readers who can lie in bed at night and participate in a story.

Tim O'Brien Author • American