Some people love to talk about themselves. A few people love to talk about themselves but don't say much that is useful. They say such things as "The Lord made me do it," or "I've got to hand it to my teammates." [Being a sports journalist must be brutal.] Your job as an interviewer is to turn the subject into a storyteller. Ask questions so layered, so deep, and so odd that they elicit unusual responses. Take the person to places he wouldn't normally go. Ask questions that require descriptive answers.
Jacqui Banaszynski in Tell True Stories, 2007, Mark Kramer and Wendy Call, Editors
Jacqui Banaszynski in Tell True Stories, 2007, Mark Kramer and Wendy Call, Editors
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