“I was researching a different World War II story when I came across an article in the 'Chicago Tribune' from June 1945 that knocked me for a loop. The article explained that a military plane had crashed in an impossibly remote valley of New Guinea that had been nicknamed Shangri-La.” WorldDifferentWarStoriesMilitaryPlanesWar Of The WorldsChicagoValleysArticlesWorld War IiWorld War IJuneDifferent WorldsLoopsGuineaShangri Author:Mitchell Zuckoff
“No music. No rituals. At home I write in my office or on the laptop in the kitchen where our puppy likes to sleep, and I love his company. But I've trained myself to be able to work anywhere, and I write on trains, planes, in automobiles (if I'm not the driver), airports, hotel rooms. I travel often. If I couldn't write wherever I was I would get little done. I also can write in short bursts. Fifteen minutes are enough to move a story forward.” IfsWritingLittlesDoneEnoughStoriesHomeAbleMovingSleepRoomsCompanyMinutesOfficeTrainLikesPlanesKitchenHotelDriversRitualFifteenAirportsAutomobilePuppyLaptopsHotel Rooms Author:Gail Carson Levine
“Someone responding to the story said 'real spies do not speak like that'. Well, I am a spy and that is how they talk. Whenever we had a debate in the office on how to handle crimes, they do not defend due process - they defend decisive action. They say it is better to kick someone out of a plane than let these people have a day in court. It is an authoritarian mindset in general.” PeopleWellsSaidRealStoriesActionSpeakProcessCrimeOfficeCourtMindsetDuesDebateHandlePlanesKicksSpyRespondingNsaDue ProcessDecisive Action Author:Edward Snowden
“On the plane, an eight-year-old with an excess of testosterone keeps running across my feet. Finally I grab him by his T-shirt and say, very sweetly, 'Listen, darling, if you don't stop trampling me I'm going to make you sit on my lap while I tell you my entire life story. Including a lot of details about drug rehab and my divorce.' He goes back to his seat.” IfsYearsStoriesRunningFeetDrugIncludingDetailsEightDivorceFlyingPlanesShirtsSeatsExcessT ShirtLapDarlingLife StoryRehabTestosteroneKeep RunningVery Sweet Author:Rosanne Cash