“Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process.” WritingHas BeensProcessHoursInformationDirectorsUniversalPhonesProducersWriting ProcessItemsSigningScreenwritersGary Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.” WayWritingStoriesRunningIndividualOvercomingExtraordinaryThemeHardshipVery Deep Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all that had gone into its creation: the sun and rain that spilled on the cocoa plant, the soil that nourished it, the hands that picked the beans, and so on. My taste of chocolate became a lesson on the interconnectedness of things, and the infinite blessings for which I am grateful.” WritingFirstsBookHandsSunGoneCreationFineLessonsTasteBlessingRainInfiniteGratefulPlantSoilChocolateLunchSquaresBeansInterconnectednessI Am GratefulCocoaSun And Rain Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely” WritingYearsTermPlansBecomingYears AgoSickHorseProfessorsBackwards 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
“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” WritingStoriesChoicesBornChildhoodShort StoryHomeworkDrawers Author:Laura Hillenbrand
