Without dignity, identity is erased.

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

His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times.

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

I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means.

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

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.