“I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means.” ThinkingWorldMeanI CanRealHeavenWonderfulNew World Book:Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Source: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
“Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison” ThinkingWellsBookDoneSubjectsOfficeHorseBoxesVersionsPoisonRacingPublishersBox OfficeHorse Racing Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“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” IfsThinkingWritingMightFictionCreativityInfiniteNarrativeDependentFrozenWriting 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” ThinkingKnowsWellsIdeasStoriesFeltSubjectsComfortableEditorsCovering Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf” ThinkingMatterTroubleSubjectsSubject MatterTurf Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“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.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensTwoBookNightDealsTerrifiedTwo DaysCartwheels Author:Laura Hillenbrand
