Quotes About David Grann

One of my favorite authors to read is Eric Ambler, who helped pioneer the form of realistic suspense novels.

You want the story to be about something, have some deeper meaning, but there is also an emotional, almost instinctual, element, which is, does this story seize some part of you and compel you to get to the bottom of it?

I covered Congress, and everyone always wanted me to be a political reporter.

I was not very good at newspaper reporting. I'm just not quick enough, and I always tend to tell things as stories.

I really just choose stories that are compelling, have interesting trends and characters, and hopefully say something larger about society.