David Drake Quotes

United States, Author
September 24, 1945

David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now a writer in the military science fiction genre.

History was a series of decisions about what to tell and a series of accidents about what survived after telling. Not truth, but a historian could search for truth, and the search was as worthy as any other human activity.

David Drake
- Decision
- Search
- Activity
The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear.

David Drake

The use of force is always an answer to problems. Force isn't an attractive answer, though.

David Drake
- Always
- Answer
- Attractive
Nothing's boring if it's in your soul.

David Drake
- Soul
- Nothing
- Boring