I've been reading the writings of Kregg P. Jorgenson, a writer interested in documenting Vietnam War veteran stories.
One such story he wrote, was one day sitting in a restaurant with a friend, and fellow vet. They were discussing the contents that were going to be in the book I'm reading now, and were swapping stories back and forth. One of the stories made the writer laugh, to which his friend replied "I don't know why I'm friends with you". Kregg replied "Because I, as the writer, can make you taller, thinner, and better looking than your true to life self. The pen is mightier than the sword."
So later in the book, at the end of the chapter, he wrote down this line that I thought was hilarious.
"My friend, the tall, handsome intellectually intelligent man, laughed, as did I, and at that moment the women in the restaurant gave a collective sigh of wanton lust: even the lesbian couple across the room."
It's all in the details, isn't it?
