People think I must have been turning cartwheels on the night I sealed the movie deal - which was only two days after sealing the book deal - but I was really quite terrified.

I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project

The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.

I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest

But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story

His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.

I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it