Mr. Feld was right; life was like baseball, filled with loss and error, with bad hops and wild pitches, a game in which even champions lost almost as often as they won, and even the best hitters were put out seventy percent of the time.
Michael ChabonHe comes to this other world and he has to reinvent himself. Again, it felt natural, even though I'd been working really hard trying to come up with something.
Michael ChabonA true storyteller is really good at writing himself into a corner and then finding a way out of that corner
Michael ChabonFor me, nostalgia is an involuntary emotion. ... I think it's just a natural human response to loss.
Michael Chabon