Basically, I'm a perpetual student. I start by finding a subject I really don't know very much, but that I'm curious about. I learn about it through books in a library, by doing interviews with people who know a lot about the subject, and by going out on my own and seeing for myself what's happening.
Eric SchlosserBy birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.
Eric SchlosserWe're all connected by the system, and we all have to be a part, I think, of changing it.
Eric SchlosserI'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became.
Eric SchlosserMcDonald's has been extraordinary at site selection; it was a pioneer in studying the best places for retail locations. One of the things it did is study very carefully where sprawl was headed.
Eric SchlosserI've written about illegal immigrants in the United States; I spent a year following migrant farm workers as they were harvesting. I've written about our criminal justice system, and how it treats the victims of crime. I've been working for years now on a book about prisons in America, and I've been going into prisons and traveling around the country and seeing what's going on.
Eric Schlosser