Brian Lumley Quotes

The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.

When I was in the Army, 100 percent of our effort was to really be sharp, and soldiers, we were under live fire all the time.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in books and watched on television. My knowledge is probably no more or no less than the average person's. 'A Brief Encounter with the Enemy' was created by taking bits and pieces from here and there, and then putting my own spin on them.

I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.

I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.

So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write.

For over 20 years, I was in the Army, and it's given me a real love of history.

I like reading and writing, and I am a trained classical dancer.

I'm a combat soldier.

I spent 17 years in the Brazilian army.

When I have time, I write other things. I'm working on a book, I paint, I sculpt, I play with my dog, I watch television - I catch up on South Park or movies or whatever I've missed, normal stuff.

What I do is not go outside. My hobby is that I write, so if I'm not acting or being a mom, I'm writing.

My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.

What you experience in the army, aged 18 to 21, is what you take through all your life. You cross invisible lines: you shoot someone, get shot, break into people's houses. It's naive to think you won't carry anything into your life.

I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence.

I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.

My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to Army patch wherever that was. The Army also contributed to sending me off to boarding school.

Anyone who says they don't enjoy the Army is mad - you can spend a week hating it and the next week it could be the best thing in the world and the best job you could ever, ever wish for. It has got so much to offer.

I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.

I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.

I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war.

I knew some of the army quite well.

After I graduated from school, I enrolled in the military college, a cadet school. This is the first stage of military training; it instills discipline and various qualities required for military life.