Wall Street has played a role in everyone's life, and it has been vilified by everyone, but I think that the average trader didn't have a sense of what was coming. The culture is so vacuous, it's possible to come… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
Your spouse, a sibling, a friend need to read your drafts. They have to be people unafraid to tell you what sucks. For early feedback, that's more important than professional editorial skill. Most people know what sucks. — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
It's common knowledge that professional athletes earn extraordinary incomes. What is less known or understood is how the advent of these riches has seeped… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
I like to write in the mornings, so I try to protect 9 A.M. - 12 P.M. for me. I can drop our older… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
The last book I read before I wrote my first book - 'Ghosts of Manhattan' - was 'The Gold Coast' by DeMille. I loved… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
I'm really troubled by the prevalence of single-sport specializations. I want my kids to do as many things for as long as they can.… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
I've seen terrorism close up, but I don't live in a state of terror at all. I'm comfortable going to the Manhattan Thanksgiving Day… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
I've been pretty damn happy since 2001. More apparent danger than real danger for me, and even the apparent danger hasn't kept me from… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
Dad met Mom in 1983 during the lead-up to the 1984 games. She was an Olympic downhill skier. In those days, the winter and… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
The important thing is to write when your brain is at its best. Work edits or do outside reading with the rest of the… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
A tennis racket lurks in my earliest memories like a sick relative who had come to live with us. When I look at my… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
