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"I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it."
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"Thank you adversity. Oh, how we stretch and grow in the shadows of darkness just to reach the light."
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"To fall down is to face the weakness of my humanity, test the mettle of my character, and push the limits of my strength. Therefore, falling down will tell me who I am far more clearly than most things I might learn when I'm standing up."
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"(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then."
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"Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity."
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"Writing a sincere narrative account of personal adversities and misfortunes is one way to become acquainted with the rifts of a person's inmost self, the smothered pieces of want that lie separate and undetected amid the customs, habits, vices, and tedium that encases us in the hubbub of daily living."
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"If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only you. Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future."
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"The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
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"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."
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"Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself."
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"It is adversity that often creates beauty."
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"And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well."
Business
"My work was entirely nonfiction."
Work
"I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest."
Hollywood
"I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn't even occurred to me, and I hadn't written a single line of the book yet. I had no idea how this man knew anything about my book proposal."
Creativity
"I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas."
Health
"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."
Travel
"I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf."
Trouble
"I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it."
Adversity
"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."
People
"But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story."
Research
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