Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.

Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure.

No matter what losses happen in a given season, the Red Sox always have next year.

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

Our stories are what we have,” Our Good Mother says. “Our stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories have value. Do you understand?

Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.