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Matt George has spent a lifetime as a surf writer. He talks about his surfing life and his views on modern surf media as well as his new book, 'In Deep.'
he too was standing, so i -- >> there's a picture of rita dove. >> yes. rita dove, unlike most of the writers in the book who prefer to write in the morning or in the afternoon, she prefers to write at dusk. and she begins by lighting those candles so that as the dusk turns into darkness, the candles are lit and she can keep going. that desk was built for her by her father. it's, as i said, in a cabin in the woods. silence is very important to her. she says she wants a silence that so palable that you can hear your heartbeating in your chest. a lot of the writers, other writers, my h...
what he finds is that all these individuals had such mammoth curiosity it consumed their imagination and brigade abilities, and that is what the special gifts they had brought to the world, so here is walter isaacson to talk about his book. [applause] >> thank you. >> henry lewis, was said to indulge in personality journalism. he said time magazine did not invent personality journalism. the bible did. that's how we tell stories and convey the moral lesson of our times. so as bash a bra said, i have always tried to be interested in creative people. in this town you know a whole lot of...