I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf

...maybe it was better to break a man's leg than to break his heart.

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf

What God asks of men, said [Billy] Graham, is faith. His invisibility is the truest test of that faith. To know who sees him, God makes himself unseen.

I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me

At that moment, something shifted sweetly inside him. It was forgiveness, beautiful and effortless and complete. For Louie Zamperini, the war was over.

While it's really hard to do, at the same time, I'm escaping my body, which I really want to do. I'm living someone else's life. I get very intensely into the story, into the interviews and the research. I'm experiencing things along with my subjects. I have a freedom I don't have in my physical life