The giant squid is the perfect embodiment of a sea monster: it is huge, it has tentacles, it has big eyes, and it is absolutely frightening-looking. But, most important, it is real. Unlike the Loch Ness monster, we know it's out there. David Grann absolutelybigembodiment share on social
We all mythologize to some degree ourselves and probably embellish. I think some of that is the desire to tell stories. David Grann degreedesireembellish Change image and share on social
I'm kind of odd; I'm a technophobe who isn't a technophobe. I'm afraid of new things, but eventually I love them. That happened with Twitter. David Grann afraideventuallyhappen Change image and share on social
When I work on stories, I tend to lose sight of everything else. I forget to pay bills or to shave. I don't change my clothes as often as I should. David Grann billchangeclothe Change image and share on social
I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn't know how to be one - other than just do it. I didn't know what form it would take. David Grann careerearlyform Change image and share on social
You think of the rainforest as this incredibly abundant place of fauna and animals and flora. This great, rich wilderness. And yet it is such a biological battlefield in which everything is competing. David Grann abundantanimalbattlefield Change image and share on social
Early on, I tried fiction, but I wasn't very good at it. I wrote a very bad novel that is thankfully sitting in a drawer somewhere. David Grann baddrawerearly Change image and share on social
The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born only of tragedy. David Grann bearchampiondare Change image and share on social
For a while, when I got out of college, I tried to write fiction. I'd grown up more around novelists, and my initial attraction was to write fiction. But I was much less suited for it. I always struggled to figure out what people were saying or doing in a particular moment. David Grann attractioncollegefiction share on social
