But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story — Laura Hillenbrand
I’m attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it. — Laura Hillenbrand
I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through — Laura Hillenbrand
I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because — Laura Hillenbrand
For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood — Laura Hillenbrand
It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with universal, an article came — Laura Hillenbrand
Louie and seabiscuit were both californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. — Laura Hillenbrand
Most people, when they hear the disease name, it’s all they know about it. It sounds so mild. — Laura Hillenbrand
My agent and I put out my proposal one thursday afternoon in august, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately — Laura Hillenbrand
I’m looking for a way out of here. I can’t have it physically, so I’m going to have it intellectually. — Laura Hillenbrand
I’ve used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don’t know it. — Laura Hillenbrand
In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a ph.d. — Laura Hillenbrand
I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn’t even occurred to me — Laura Hillenbrand
I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer’s creativity and — Laura Hillenbrand
I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. — Laura Hillenbrand
I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that — Laura Hillenbrand
I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do — Laura Hillenbrand
I spoke to my agent and learned that a hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses — Laura Hillenbrand
I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. — 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. — Laura Hillenbrand
I am disabled, so I can’t travel, and I have not been to any development meetings, but gary and — Laura Hillenbrand
Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. — Laura Hillenbrand
I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability — Laura Hillenbrand
Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think — Laura Hillenbrand
But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: do the research, tell the story. — Laura Hillenbrand
The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I’ve spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden. — Laura Hillenbrand
While it’s really hard to do, at the same time, I’m escaping my body, which I really want to do. — Laura Hillenbrand