I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

Next quotes

• Jon Krakauer:

  Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was j

• Jon Krakauer:

  I love being outdoors, being in the mountains and the desert, and my wife enjoys that too. That's o

• Jon Krakauer:

  Short form media is reductionist by nature.

• Jon Krakauer:

  Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and

• Jon Krakauer:

  I think part of the appeal of Antarctica is experiencing some sort of power, the forces of the natu

• Jon Krakauer:

  Antarctica is a very alien environment, and you can't survive here more than minutes if you're not

• Jon Krakauer:

  The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on

• Jon Krakauer:

  When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

• Jon Krakauer:

  Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

• Jon Krakauer:

  Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty.