Michael Herr quotes

I think that Vietnam is what we had instead of happy childhoods. (Michael Herr)
There was such a dense concentration of energy there [Vietnam], American and essentially adolescent, if that energy could have been channeled into anything more than noise, waste and pain it would have lighted up Indochina for a thousand years. View quote
Michael Herr
War stories aren't really anything more than stories about people anyway. View quote
Michael Herr
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, we've all been there. View quote
Michael Herr
All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forgot it should remember it. View quote
Michael Herr
Soldier: You guys aught to do a story on me suntahm. Herr: Why should we do a story about you? Soldier: 'Cause I'm so fuckin' good, 'n' that ain' no shit, neither. Got me one hunnert 'n' fifty-se'en gooks kilt. 'N' fifty caribou. Them're all certified. View quote
Michael Herr