Enthusiasm, Fact-Checking, and Persistence

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The speaker discusses their enthusiasm for sharing interesting facts, their approach to getting people to participate in their book, and their strategy of persistently reaching out to people. They emphasize the importance of enthusiasm and excitement in their work and share their determination to pursue unique and compelling stories for their books.

Mary Roach is the author of seven nonfiction books, including Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law.

"In these realms of the taboo, there's a tremendous amount of material that is really interesting, but that people have stayed away from. ... I'm kind of a bottom feeder. It's down there on the bottom where people don't want to go. But if that's what it takes to find interesting, new material, I'm fine with it. I don't care. I'm not easily grossed out. I don't feel that there's any reason why we shouldn't look at this. And over time, I started to feel that ... the taboo was preventing people from having conversations that it would be healthy to have."

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