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American author known for her historical works. Her notable books include 'Unbroken' and 'Seabiscuit', which have been praised for their in-depth research and vivid portrayal of historical figures.

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Famous Laura Hillenbrand Quotes

“I had been writing professionally since 1988”

Writing

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it”

Suffering Subjects Overcoming

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“I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer's creativity and the potential directions the narrative might take are infinite, I might have frozen”

Ifs Thinking Writing Might Fiction Creativity Infinite Narrative Dependent Frozen Writing Fiction

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well”

Thinking Knows Wells Ideas Stories Felt Subjects Comfortable Editors Covering

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf”

Thinking Matter Trouble Subjects Subject Matter Turf

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“I got sick when I was 19, and I'd been a really healthy 19-year-old, so I don't have a lot to compare it to. Does it feel like the pain after you give birth? I don't know”

Knows Giving Feels Years Doe Pain Birth Healthy Sick Compare

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me”

Aspiration Yearning Listening To Music

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write”

Writing Stories Choices Born Childhood Short Story Homework Drawers

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.”

Men Identity Circumstances Dignity Absence Defined Unbroken

Book:Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Source: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

“People think I must have been turning cartwheels on the night I sealed the movie deal - which was only two days after sealing the book deal - but I was really quite terrified.”

People Thinking Has Beens Two Book Night Deals Terrified Two Days Cartwheels

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“For 'Seabiscuit,' I interviewed 100 people I never met.”

People Mets

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“My work was entirely nonfiction.”

Nonfiction

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.”

Years Has Beens Problem Lasts Exhaustion

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

“I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do - tell the story with images. I can't wait to see what they do.”

Mind Looks I Can Stories Film Opportunity Waiting Creative Creative Mind

Author:Laura Hillenbrand

About the Author

Born: May 15, 1967
Known for: Author
Quotes: 64

Books & Sources

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptionRelated source material

Seabiscuit: An American LegendRelated source material

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and RedemptionRelated source material

Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to CaptiveRelated source material

Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a RacehorseRelated source material

Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to CaptiveRelated source material

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