Quotes from David Grann

I often feel that with a crime story, the moral standards have to be higher. You're deal with real victims and with real consequences.

I'm sure every author has their own process.

There was a part of me that always wanted to be an editor.

We all mythologize to some degree ourselves and probably embellish. I think some of that is the desire to tell stories.

The biggest difference with Twitter and writing long form is you're part of a virtual community where you know people, or think you know them, through their links.

It was a very circuitous path. It was not very linear - I floundered about for many years.