I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas.
Laura HillenbrandBut with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story
Laura HillenbrandWhen he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to save him.
Laura HillenbrandI've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it
Laura HillenbrandWhile 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
Laura Hillenbrand