I have a good memory for words, and when I come upon a word I don't know, I remember it, or try to - it's almost like a tic.

There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.

His dreams had always been Houdiniesque: they were the dreams of a pupa struggling in its blind cocoon, mad for a taste of light and air.

Take care-there is no force more powerful than that of an unbridled imagination.

The first and last duty of the lover of the game of baseball," Peavine's book began, "whether in the stands or on the field, is the same as that of the lover of life itself: to pay attention to it. When it comes to the position of catcher, as all but fools and shortstops will freely acknowledge, this solemn requirement is doubled.

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in.

The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart.