David Maraniss
David Maraniss
David Maranissis an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate-editor for The Washington Post...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
jobs school mean
So, I mean, there's still vast swaths of the city that are suffering from a lack of jobs and poor housing and poor public schools, but they are building momentum - you know, techies, foodies, artists, musicians, all coming to Detroit. So there is this vibrancy. You see it in the newspapers every day - some story about the new Detroit.
writing said persons
I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in context and get as close to the truth of this person as I can.
book two looks
I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the story itself that will carry me, and the reader, from beginning to end. Second, the story has to weave through larger themes that can illuminate the world of the subject.
philosophy saint humans
My basic philosophy is that no human being is a saint.
song guy black
You know, I'm too old to be an Eminem guy, but I love the back beat of that song. And he walks into the Fox Theatre and a black gospel choir is rising in song. And he turns to the camera and says...
writing perspective people
I discovered in writing the biography of Bill Clinton that it is actually easier to write a biography of someone who is dead. Although you can't interview them, you have a fuller perspective on their whole life after they're gone and people are more willing to talk about them.
humble character people
It's hard to know exactly how people develop the characters they do. There could be people from humble beginnings that turn into jerks. Some characteristics are just part of that special soul of that human being.
writing want moments
I want to write for history, not for the moment.
bullets relevant today vietnam war
War doesn't go away when the bullets stop. Vietnam still is as relevant today as it was then.
He had his flaws, but he also had important characteristics.
grace hero last passion
Clemente, the Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero .
almost boys good truth
He told me, 'I want you to be good to my boys,' ... And I said, 'I'm going to find the truth and write the truth.' He almost got up and left.