I see the emphasis on a lot of ideas and I know that's directed at me. [Megan Chance] come up with an idea, hone it, and write it. I come up with thirty ideas, flesh each one out, research each one, come up with characters, and then decide I don't like it.

All life's a risk, that's what makes it interesting.

The only truth was whatever you could make someone believe.

I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.

I have to admit that WWII France was not at all on my radar for Kristin Hannah.

Impatient men are generous ones. Or haven't you learned that by now?

The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding courage - became the inspiration for my novel.