Laura Hillenbrand Quotes

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

- Laura Hillenbrand

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Nonfiction | Task | Straightforward | Research | Story |

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While 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

He was a very difficult animal. This was a horse who, if you pulled the right rein he'd go left. - Laura Hillenbrand

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it. - Laura Hillenbrand