I have an antique console stand-up radio that I bought in a yard sale, that I've always half-believed has magical properties. It's in my office, and it has watched over each of the fifteen books I've written. It also helped me find my wife.
Ben MezrichThe idea that the story is true is more important than being able to prove that it's true.
Ben MezrichBusinesses should follow and learn from others successes and failures in order to better understand and predict their own.
Ben MezrichIn terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you're describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for, and you decide to choose a path that puts all that information together, well yeah, there's definitely going to be a little bit of the author in that. But there's nothing wrong with that.
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