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Buzz Bissinger, a Pulitzer Prize winner, has written for Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, GQ and more. He is the author of several books, including Friday Night Lights.\n\n"It\u2019s quiet. And I really felt I needed that quiet. People say, 'Well anger was your edge, and agitation was your edge, and that\u2019s going to hurt your writing.' I don\u2019t know, maybe. It may be that in order to live a happier life you become a shittier writer. I don't know. But I just couldn't live in that fashion anymore, I just couldn't. It would've destroyed my marriage. It was destroying me."\n\nThanks to this week's sponsors.\xa0The Longform App\xa0is now available.\xa0Apply for the TinyLetter Writers Residency by September 26. And nominate your favorite soccer article for a chance to win a free Xbox One and EA SPORTS FIFA 15.\n\nShow Notes:\nbuzzbissinger.com\nBissinger on Longform\n[7:00] Friday Night Lights (Da Capo Press \u2022 1990)\n[7:30] "Pursuit Of A Big Blue Chipper" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Sep 1968)\n[12:00] "Disorder in the Court" series (The Philadelphia Inquirer \u2022 with Daniel R. Biddle and Fredric N. Tulsky \u2022 1987) [unavailable online]\n[17:45] Father\u2019s Day (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \u2022 2012)\n[18:00] Three Nights in August (Mariner \u2022 2005)\n[20:30] A Prayer for the City (Vintage \u2022 1998)\n[28:30] Shooting Stars (Penguin \u2022 2009)\n[31:30] "Who Is Nick Foles?" (Philadelphia Magazine \u2022 Jun 2014)\n[39:00] "The Plane That Fell From the Sky" (St. Paul Pioneer Press \u2022 Apr 1979) [pdf]\n[44:00] "My Gucci Addiction" (GQ \u2022 Apr 2013)\n[1:01:00] "Darkness in August" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Feb 2014)\n[1:02:00] Wherever I Wind Up (R.A. Dickey \u2022 Blue Rider Press \u2022 2012)\n[1:20:00] "Shattered Glass" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Sep 1998)\n[1:20:00] "The Runaway Doctor" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Jan 2011)\n[1:20:30] After Friday Night Lights (Byliner \u2022 2012)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices