TODAY.
TODAY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN4@ FOR ARRAINGED SHOUDLE4@R LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT.
WBIR BEGINING WITH A4@ SELLING
AUTHOR IN TOWN FOR A LECTURE
TONIGHT AT THE BIJOU THEATER IN
DOWNTOWN NOPT.
>> MANY OF YOU BEEN EXCITED
ABOUT THIS.
YOU'VE HEARD OF ERIC LARSON'S
BOOK LIKE DEVIL IN THE WHITE
CITY DEAD WEIGHT THUNDERSTRUCK
.
HIS LATEST BOOK IS THIS
SPLENDID AND THE VILE AND IT
RECOUNTS WINSTON CHURCHILL'S4@
FIRST YEAR AS PRIME MINISTER.
AND WE WANT TO WELCOME EDMAN
STUDIO4@ TODAY.
HOW ARE YOU? 4@
REAL GOOD.
YOU'RE A NEW YORK GUY RIGHT NOW
AND YOU ARE TOTALLY IN THE4@
SELF.
>> I WILL EMAIL TO EVERYBODY.
WELL, THANK YOU.
>> I HAD FRIED4@ CHICKEN FOR
LUNCH AT WBIR INPORTANT FRIED
PICKLES?
>> YEAH, THAT'S FRIED PICKLES.
IWAR0P TRYIGNT.
YEAH YEAH CHECK THAT XXXX THAT
OFF FOR SURE.
YEAH.
BINCHY TENNESSSEE THOUGH BEFORE
YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON ONE OF YOUR
LAST TOURS.
YES.
YES INDEED.
YEAH FOR A SIMILAR SIMILAR TALK
.
YEAH.
. YEAH.
. YEAH. >> WELL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THIS BOOK AND WHY YOU GOT
INTERESTED IN EVEN WRITING IT.
>> WELL TO MAKE A REALLY LONG
STORY REALLY SHORT I MOVED TO
NEW4@ YORK FROM SEATTLE.
>> AND WHEN I MOVED TO NEW YORK
I SUDDENLY HAD THIS EPIPHANY
ABOUT WHAT 9/11 MEANT FOR4@
RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK VERSUS
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
I MEAN I WATCHED4@ IN REAL TIME
FROM FROM MY PLACE IN SEATTLE.
BUT YOU KNOW, COMING TO NEW
YORK I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT
THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT
BALLGAME.
AND I STARTED THINKING, WELL,
WHAT WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN LIKE
TO HAVE BEEN IN LONDON4@, YOU
KNOW, FOR FIFTY SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OF BOMBING
ESSENTIALL4@Y 57 CONSECUTIVE 9/1
.
WHAT WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN LIKE4@
?
AND I STARTED THINKING HOW DOE4S
ONE ACTUALLY GO ABOUT?
AND DURING A SITUATION LIKE
THAT?
I THOUGHT WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS
SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO
EXPLORE IN A BOOK I THOUGHT
ABOUT WRITING ABOUT A TYPICAL
LONDON FAMILY AND I THOUGHT WHY
NOT?
THE LONDON FAMILY CHURCHILL
CHURCHILL AND HIS FAMILY AND
HIS ADVISERS.
YEAH.
SO THAT'S HOW RUSSELL JUST SAID
FASTENING.
>> HE4@ IS A FASCINATING
INDIVIDUAL.
HE IS A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT
CHURCHILL?
WHAT HAVE I NOT LEARNED TO MY.
THE CHALLENGE ACTUALLY WAS
TRYING TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHA4@T
I4@ WHAT I WANTED TO WHI4@CH FIT
THE THEME OF MY BOOK.
BUT I THINK I THINK I THINK THE
WAS MOST SURPRISED ME ABOUT
CHURCHILL4@ WAS HOW MUCH FUN HE
WAS.
>> HE WAS A LOT OF FUN THAT HIS
STAFF FOUND HIM ALTERNATELY
INSUFFERABLE, RUDE AND
CONSIDERATE.
BUT THEY LOVED HIM.
THEY LOVED HIM4@ BECAUSE HE HAD
THIS FUN SIDE.
HE WAS REALLY A LOT OF FUN4@.
HE LOVED THE SAYING.
HE LOVED DANCE.
HE LOVED TO DRINK.
HE WAS A VERY INTERESTING GUY.
YEAH.
I'VE4@ GOT TO ASK YOU THIS
QUESTION BECAUSE I USUALLY ASK
IT OF ALL AUTHORS.
BUT WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO WRITE
?
>> BASICALLY WHERE DO YOU LIKE
TO WRITE?
PHYSICALLY WHAT DO I LIKE TO
WRITE?
>> I LIKE TO WRITE IN MY OFFICE
IN NEW YORK.
SO YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU HAVE
YOUR TIME AND YOU START RIGHT.
>> I SIT THERE AT MY DESK WITH
MY COMPUTER AND I START WRITING
AND I'M THERE EVERY DAY SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK.
THE ONLY DAY I ALLOW MYSELF TO
TAKE OFF IS XMS.
>> WOW.
REALLY?
YEAH.
REALLY? YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE YEAH, 4@4@I MEAN A LOT F
PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT INSPIRATION
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN
WRITING AND I'M HERE TO TELL
YOU IT'S NOT THE IMPORTANT
THING IS TO BE THERE4@ AT YOUR
DESK AT YOUR DESK DAY IN DAY
OUT BECAUSE YOU4@ IF INSPI4@RATN
IS EVER GONNA FIND YOU IT'S
GONNA BE AT YOUR DESK.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE?
I LIKE I ALWAYS MAKE THE
ANALOGY IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE
WAITING FOR A BUS4@, YOU KNOW IT
REALLY HELPS TO BE AT THE BUS
STOP.
YEAH.
STOP. YEAH. 4@GOOD.
YEAH. 4@GOOD. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE
WRITER'S BLOCK?
>> I NEVER HAVE IT REALLY.
I NEVER HAD IT.
I DON'T4@ EITHER.
>> IT'S A FASCINATING4@ THING TE
TWO OF US WORKING OUR WAY
THROUGH THE WORLD.
RIGHT.
>> MARELY SO WELL LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE
AT THE BIJOU4@.
WHAT TYPE OF ATMOSPHERE WILL IT
BE ABLE TO4@ BREEDERS BE ABLE TO
ASK YOU QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S ACTUALLY MY FAVORITE
FAVORITE THING IS WHEN MY
READERS ASK WHICH I TEND TO
HEAR YEAH I TEND TO TEND TO
KEEP THE TALKINGA BRIEF.
I THINK BRIEF AND THEN TAK4@E
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS BOOK PAST BOOKS
DEFINITLEY LOTTS CITY WHATEVER
THE FILMS THAT4@ DON AND SO FORH
AND YEAH IT'S G4@ONNA BE FUN.
>> THAT'S PRETTY COOL STUFF4@
LIKE THAT HAPPENS WIT4@H YOUR
WORK ISN'T IT.
I THINK IT'S COOL AND I DON'T
MEAN DO YOU STI4@LL GET THAT COL
FEELING.
YEAH I LOVE IT.
>> I LOVE IT.
NEVER4@ IT'S TIRING.
BUT BUT BUT THE IMPORTANT THING
IS THE WORK4@ AND SO YOU KNOW I
ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP FOCUSED ON
WHAT THE NEXT PROJECT IS GONNA
BE.
WHAT IS THE NEXT PROJECT?
I DON'T KNOW.
>>4@ THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
>> WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU GET
YOUR INSPIRATION?
I DON'T KNOW THAT EITHER.
I MEAN THE IDEA PROCESS4@ IS
REALLY, REALLY HARD FOR ME.
IT CAN TAKE ME TYPICALLY A YEAR@
BETWEEN THE TIME I FINISH A
BOOK AND THE TIME I START THE
NEXT ONE BECAUSE I'M LOOKING
FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF IDEAS.
NOT EVERY IDEA LENDS ITSELF TO
THE WAY I WRITE HISTORY.
SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME A LONG
TIME4@.
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S
BEEN TERRIFIC HAVING YOU HERE.
>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
EXCITED THAT YOU'RE IN TOWN
AGAIN GOING TO BE AT THE BIJOU
THEATER4@ TONIGHT.
YOU CAN GO HERE.
ERIC, SPEAK AND THERE'S4@ THE FE
.
YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AT
DOT ORG.
>> AND ALSO ERIC LAWSON4@ BOOKS
LARSON EXCUSE ME.
BOOK SCOTT AND THEN GET
ANYWHERE4@ I'M SURE.
I HOPE SO.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. YEAH. IF IT'S STI4@LL THERE.
SOLD OUT.
OH NO I MEAN I KNOW THAT YOU'RE
ON THIS SHOW.
I MEAN I4@ SOLD OUT COULD BE YOU
CAN JUST ORDER A COPYCAT.
>> WELL WE THINK YOU SOUND LIKE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US
.
I KNOW IT'S LIKE A BUSY, 4@4@BUY
TIME FOR YOU TRAVELING AND IN
YOUR BOOK BUT A PLEASURE TO
MEET YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LOTTS WILL BE ON US NEXT TIME
YOU COME IN.
>> FRIED CHICKEN