People had written about that, warfare based on attrition of wealth rather than loss of life. But it's always been easier to make new lives than new wealth.

No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation.

I think I would have been a writer, anyhow, in the sense of having written a story every now and then, or continued writing poetry. But it was the war experience and the two novels I wrote about Vietnam that really got me started as a professional writer.

A large tree never falls alone

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

Everything has a hidden secret meaning to be revealed or to be sealed.