The Author of "Island Practice"

Journalist and author Pam Belluck discusses her career and her writing habits. An excerpt:

Occasionally, I jot down a scrap of dialogue uttered by an unsuspecting passenger or train worker. Like the conductor who grumbled to a compatriot: “I had this passenger without a ticket, so I say, ‘Where you going, sir?’ He says, ‘I’m going to hell.’ I say, ‘We don’t go there. Let’s stick to somewhere between New York and Connecticut.’”