141 Quotes by David Grann

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

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

Firemen have a culture of death. There are rituals, carefully constructed for the living, to process the dead.

I haven't read a word of Proust. And I listen obsessively to sports radio.

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.

The outlaw, in the American imagination, is a subject of romance - a 'good' bad man, he is typically a master of escape, a crack shot, a ladies' man.

I am not, by nature, an explorer or an adventurer.

I don't want to just traffic in sensationalism or in mere blood.

I never want to make people upset, but sometimes we may. When I interview people, I try to make it clear that our obligation is to what we uncover and to telling that story and to presenting it fairly and making sure everyone has a say.