I don't care how much I'm talked about or hyped. It's still up to me to go out and perform.

An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. A writer's voice is as individual and marked as a thumbprint, and is a playwright's truest imprimatur. It is as innate as breathing, and can be as unique as any genetic code. By its very singular nature, it is seldom born in the act of collaboration. True authorial voice always pre-dates the first rehearsal of a text. And it is - and will always be - an author's most distinguishing and valuable feature.

Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

I love being a Met. It was my favorite team growing up, so to be a Met to me is very special.

Most of my friends are people I've known since I was a kid. I don't have an entourage or anything.

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.

When it’s all said and done, I want to be able to say I got the most out of my potential. I don’t want to look back, however many years from now, and say, ‘I wonder if I would have worked a little harder. I wonder if I would have done this or done that, how things would have turned out.’ I want to, when it’s all said and done, be able to put my head on my pillow and say, ‘I did everything I could do — good or bad.’