I'm following a real event and real people.
'Annapurna' is a sort of novel. It's a novel, but a true novel.
'In Cold Blood' is not a thriller at all, really. It is, however, the first work of its kind: a true crime book that reads like fiction.
A true war story is never moral.
There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.
For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.
When you write an autobiography, it has to be authentic.
It's cool to tell a real story.
I wanted to set the story straight and really let people know what it's like and what me and my Marines went through.
A true account of the actual is the rarest poetry, for common sense always takes a hasty and superficial view.
Until now, he has never told the full story of his life, in his own voice.
I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.
