George Packer Character Quotations

Good writing requires a character with a voice. Usually, the first sound bite is not the whole story.

I don't know if it's a male thing, but I've always been interested in how people respond to the stresses and dangers of war, how they react under fire. In the extremity of war, character is revealed.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.