Stealing Knowledge

Giant thanks to Lena Price for taking notes at The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference last weekend, then structuring them in this nifty top ten tips list, just for you:

1. Get away from home. The more you see, the more reasons you'll have to write. Wherever you go, take books with you. – Paul Theroux, travel writer

2. Reporters can be pretty intimidating to "normal" people. Bridge the divide by having a drink with the person you're interviewing, or by offering them a cigarette. (But don't pick up a smoking habit along the way.) – Ashley Harrell, SF Weekly staff writer

3. Famous people can dictate their own legacies. It takes a lot more sensitivity to work with people who only have one…