I never want to make people upset, but sometimes we may. When I interview people, I try to make it clear that… — David Grann Never Copy Share Image
“You know, I had a lot of romantic notions about the jungle and this kind of finished that” — David Grann Amazon Copy Share Image
I often say that the best way to find a story is a one-inch brief in a local newspaper. — David Grann Best Copy Share Image
“Years later, another member [of the Royal Geographical Society] conceded, "Explorers are not, perhaps, the most promising people with whom to build… — David Grann Explorers Copy Share Image
Crime stories are often sensationalized. They can provoke lower standards. — David Grann Crime Copy Share Image
I was a schoolteacher; I taught seventh and eighth grade, and I tried to write fiction on the side. — David Grann Eighth grade Copy Share Image
“It was getting so that you could not bury an Osage Indian at a cost of under $6,000”—a sum that, adjusted for… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the bestselling author of The Lost City of… — David Grann Books Copy Share Image
You want the story to be about something, have some deeper meaning, but there is also an emotional, almost instinctual, element, which… — David Grann About Copy Share Image
“The world’s richest people per capita were becoming the world’s most murdered.” — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Stores gone, post office gone, train gone, school gone, oil gone, boys and girls gone—only thing not gone is graveyard and it… — David Grann Fitness Copy Share Image
“Darwin’s theory, laid out in On the Origin of Species in 1859, suggested that people and apes shared a common ancestor, and,… — David Grann Origin of species Copy Share Image
“A prominent member of the Osage tribe put the matter more bluntly: "It is a question in my mind whether this jury… — David Grann Copy Share Image
When criminals go free, the hope is that history will come in and provide some level of justice. It won't correct the… — David Grann Crime Copy Share Image
“A conspiracy is everything that ordinary life is not. It’s the inside game, cold, sure, undistracted, forever closed off to us. We… — David Grann Life Copy Share Image
“Hoover, who believed that his men should conquer their deficiencies the way he had conquered his childhood stutter, purged anyone who failed… — David Grann Children Copy Share Image
Honestly, I had no idea what to do on Twitter when I started. I didn't follow it enough. Slowly, though, I started… — David Grann Enough Copy Share Image
“Because the Amazon frontier was so isolated, it was governed by its own laws and, as one observer put it, made the… — David Grann Prayer meeting Copy Share Image
Like many people, I kicked around, struggled to become a writer, finally got my first full-time job around 27, 28, at 'The… — David Grann Copy Copy Share Image
“Exploration...no longer seemed aimed at some outward discovery; rather, it was directed inward...” — David Grann Research Copy Share Image
“But within four years Jefferson had compelled the Osage to relinquish their territory between the Arkansas River and the Missouri River. The… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Hoover’s attention to the case had waxed and waned over the years, but he had become so agitated about the growing criticism… — David Grann Copy Share Image
