Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.

My work was entirely nonfiction.

My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.

I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it

I had been writing professionally since 1988

For 'Seabiscuit,' I interviewed 100 people I never met.

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. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years