I’ve always been a big believer that you can use the elements of storytelling to bring the reader along and to hopefully illuminate a lot of the important things. It’s a challenge, but it’s something I kind of believe in. David Grann Read Quote
I don’t hunt, I don’t camp, and I get lost on my subway to work here in Times Square! David Grann Read Quote
I guess if I had to pick one interest that is unique, it would be giant squids – I’m disturbingly fascinated by them and even wrote a story about the hunt for them. David Grann Read Quote
It took me a long time to be able to write for the ‘New Yorker,’ and for me, that has been the best job. I live a very conventional life, but reporting for the magazine has allowed me to do things I would never otherwise do, such as investigating a criminal conspiracy in Guatemala or trekking through the Amazon looking for a lost city. David Grann Read Quote
My night stand is more like a geological structure: a bunch of books piled on the floor with its own strata. David Grann Read Quote
One of my favorite authors to read is Eric Ambler, who helped pioneer the form of realistic suspense novels. David Grann Read Quote
Because I read so much nonfiction for work, I enjoy fiction most, especially detective novels and mysteries that keep me awake at night. David Grann Read Quote
Baseball, of course, has long been played under the burden of metaphor. More so than basketball or football, it is supposed to represent something larger than itself. David Grann Read Quote
The romantic notion of the clubhouse as a traveling fraternity of working-class heroes – the boys of summer – is perhaps the most potent in all of baseball. David Grann Read Quote
