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best selling books. what makes a good story, in your minding? what do you look for? guest: so there s no formula. i don t actually think that. the question you just asked me i ve never really asked myself exactly. what leads me to want to write a book, because they re a pain in the neck to do. you really have to have a level of passion about it. that it s finding, usually what it is if i look back on it, it s finding a person, an interesting person in an interesting situation that will allow me to explore some interesting ideas, and that s it. and what almost always happens is that i ve got lots of little projects bubbling along, magazine pieces or things i m investigating, and something becomes so interesting, it consumes me, and i get to the point in my head where i think, wow, this is such a good story, i have an obligation to tell it. and that s the point it s a book. i feel like i have to do it, it really should be done because this story should be told. but in ....
good morning everyone. good morning. we re going to go ahead and get started here. i want to welcome you all to young america s foundations headquarters in virginia. i am the director of alumni relations here at young america s foundation, and my first entree into the foundation was as an intern at the reagan ranch. so i m happy to be here today for this event featuring martin greenfield. for those of you who are new to our policemans and for programs young america s foundation is the premiere outreach organization for the conservative movement. we introduce thousands of young people to the ideas of limited government individual freedom strong national defense and traditional values through our conferences, internships campus lectures, young americans for freedom chapters, also through our center for entrepreneurship and free enterprise and the national journalism center. many of our interns are here with us today. in 1998 young america s foundation stepped forw ....
series. so i d like to thank quay and devon who currently run the program here and remind you there are several more coming up in july and august. the next is powerhouse arena with sarah girard and hannah tente speaking. a little bit about this book and about erica wagner. as you can tell from the backdrop here, this is a great topic for this setting in brooklyn bridge park. you know, not most great monuments don t have, don t inspire great writing, but i would say the brooklyn bridge is an exception to all of that. you know, from hart crane, you know, to many other poets and writers and notably to the nonfiction writer david mccullough, there have been really inspired writing on this subject. and err can ca wagner is right up there erica wagner is right up there. what she s done with this biography of washington roebling is even remind everyone how even though she was the son of he was the son of a designer, he was the person along with his wife who got it throug ....
as a public service by america s cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite providers. now on book tv we are live with best-selling author michael lewis. mister lewis has written many books including liars poker, moneyball, the big short and most recently the undoing project, a friendship that changed our minds. michael lewis, you are the author of more than a dozen best-selling books, what makes a good story in your mind, what do you look for? there is no formula. the question you just asked me, i ve never really asked myself exactly. what lead me to want to write a book, you have to have a level of passion about it. it sfinding usually, what it is , it s finding an interesting person in an interesting situation that will allow me to work in an interesting idea. b&. i feel like i just had to do this if i don t do it won t get done and it should be done because the story should be dealt with. in terms of like you asked me ....
exactly what leads me to want to write a book because their pain in the to do. it s finding if i look back on it is finding an interesting person in a situation that will allow me to explore interesting ideas. what almost always happens is i have lots of little projects stumbling along, magazine pieces of things i m investigating. become so interesting that i think wow, such a good story, have an obligation to tell it. that s when it becomes a book. in terms of if you asked me to go to a class of students and give them a formula to how to write a good story, i went on how to begin. host: when did you decide you wanted to make be an arthur. my career path is something on the bottom of the tv screen that says to not try this at home. is an art history major what i first wanted to do was be an art historian. i stumbled out of college and linda by accident on wall street. i got that job very accidentally without a great deal of intention. while i was working on my princ ....