“I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it” Quote by Laura Hillenbrand
“Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it” LooksMatterStoriesSawsSubjectsColdExpectedHonestlyEditorsSubject MatterReception Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went” PeopleBookDoneJobsDealsMarvelousFlipAnd OffGet The Job DoneBooks And Movies Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“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'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it” SufferingSubjectsOvercoming Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday.” RealityJobsActingGood ThingsYesterdayToes Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“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
“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” KnowsGivingFeelsYearsDoePainBirthHealthySickCompare Author:Laura Hillenbrand