Laura Hillenbrand

Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.

— Laura Hillenbrand

“To expand his lung capacity, he ran to the public pool at Redondo Beach, dove to the bottom, grabbed the drain plug,…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“Louie's mother, Louise, took a different tack. Louie was a copy of herself, right down to the vivid blue eyes. When pushed,…

— Laura Hillenbrand

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story…

— Laura Hillenbrand

At that moment, something shifted sweetly inside him. It was forgiveness, beautiful and effortless and complete. For Louie Zamperini, the war was…

— Laura Hillenbrand

Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“His body was worn and weathered, his skin scratched with lines mapping the miles of his life.”

— Laura Hillenbrand

“So long, Charley.”24 He had coined a phrase that jockeys would use for decades.”

— Laura Hillenbrand

“When Louie was in his sixties, he was still climbing Cahuenga Peak every week and running a mile in under six minutes.…

— Laura Hillenbrand

I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it

— Laura Hillenbrand

“Louie was furious at the sharks. He had thought that they had an understanding:The men would stay out of the sharks' turf…

— Laura Hillenbrand

In 1938... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. Nor was it Lou Gehrig or Clark Gable. The subject…

— Laura Hillenbrand

Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“She dressed in bohemian clothes, penned novels, panted, and yearned to roam forgotten corners of the world. She was habitually defiant and…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“The buses drove to the Olympic stadium. Entering in a parade of nations and standing at attention, the athletes were treated to…

— Laura Hillenbrand

Most people, when they hear the disease name, it's all they know about it. It sounds so mild. When I first was…

— Laura Hillenbrand

A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.

— Laura Hillenbrand

Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“Every morning, the Omori POWs were assembled and ordered to call out their number in Japanese. After November 1, 1944, the man…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“If I knew I had to go through those experiences again," he finally said, "I'd kill myself.”

— Laura Hillenbrand

Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World…

— Laura Hillenbrand