Laura Hillenbrand

It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with Universal, an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers, and the secret was out. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

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My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#agent #august #bidding #days #few

My work was entirely nonfiction. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#nonfiction #work

The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#been #biggest #biggest problem #completely #exhaustion

The following Wednesday, I opted to go with Random House. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#go #house #i #opted #random

This disease leaves people bedridden. I've gone through phases where I couldn't roll over in bed. I couldn't speak. To have it called 'fatigue' is a gross misnomer. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#called #disease #fatigue #gone #gross

I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer's creativity and the potential directions the narrative might take are infinite, I might have frozen. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#creativity #dependent #directions #entirely #fiction

I am disabled, so I can't travel, and I have not been to any development meetings, but Gary and the others affiliated with the film keep me updated on everything. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#am #any #been #development #disabled

My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#cope #describe #difficult #entire #entire life

People think I must have been turning cartwheels on the night I sealed the movie deal - which was only two days after sealing the book deal - but I was really quite terrified. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#been #book #days #deal #i