“My life is one of great stillness. I can do almost nothing. I rarely leave my home. So I like to live in my work through very vigorous individuals. And I had that with Seabiscuit and I have that with this wonderful, ebullient, effervescent man, Louis Zamperini.”
Author Laura Hillenbrand
Speaking of her chronic fatigue syndrome and the World War II POW survivor who is the subject of her new book Unbroken
NBC ‘s The Today Show Interview by Jamie Gangel
And the though Zamperini survived a plane crash, was adrift at sea for 47 days, and beaten and tortured nearly every day of his captivity, this is what he hand to say about Hillenbrand on that same program:
“I couldn’t believe that a woman suffering as she has suffered could be so sweet and patient, you know. And that’s why I sent her my Purple Heart, I said, ‘You deserve this more than I do.'”
Who knew you could win a Purple Heart for writing?
Screenwriting from Iowa 
[…] “My life is one of great stillness. I can do almost nothing. I rarely leave my home. So I like to live in my work through very vigorous individuals. And I had that with Seabiscuit and I have that with this wonderful, ebullient, effervescent man, Louis Zamperini.” Author Laura Hillenbrand (Unbroken) speaking of her chronic […] Original Source… […]