I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer's creativity and the potential directions the narrative might take are infinite, I might have frozen.

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.

I think it's Jerry's masterful fiction writing.

Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.

People think I must have been turning cartwheels on the night I sealed the movie deal - which was only two days after sealing the book deal - but I was really quite terrified.

Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process.