Some communities are formed through schools, churches, workplaces. But much of how we learn about one another as a society comes from physically being together in places like skating rinks. Mary Pilon More Quotes by Mary Pilon More Quotes From Mary Pilon Women's marathoning was not added as an Olympic medal event until 1984 due to unfounded and bizarre concerns among Olympic organizers about women's ability to run longer distances. It was finally added after much campaigning. Mary Pilon aboutrunabilitywomen As a producer, it's not unusual to find yourself on the field, backstage, often with a camera crew and living with constant anxiety of accidentally ending up in the shot. Mary Pilon endingcamerayourselfanxiety As it turns out, just hanging out around athletes doesn't actually make one more fit. Mary Pilon makehangingmorejust The more I think about the Olympics, even from afar, its mere concept stuns me. I can't think of any other line of work where, every four years, people gather to be ranked one, two, and three, then are more or less told to evaporate until the next go-around. Mary Pilon thinkmeworkpeople Endnotes, often confused with footnotes that live at the bottom of a page, is that lump of text at the end of the book, sometimes even relegated to a tiny font size. They're often forgotten but, in nonfiction, particularly history books, can offer a fascinating footprint into the author's research, a joyful, geeky abyss. Mary Pilon researchsometimesbookhistory I'm a realist about who really reads books and who acts like they read books. Mary Pilon booksaboutwholike It's still thrilling, even if my work is something that people even pretend they're interested in on a first date or at a cocktail party. Mary Pilon cocktailpartyworkpeople Much like film, authors spend a fair amount of time alone in the creative process, tossing their work out into what can feel like an abyss, void of real people. Mary Pilon aloneworktimepeople
