It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw.
Michael LewisIt's such a pain in the ass to write a book, I can't imagine writing one if I'm not interested in the subject.
Michael LewisDon't be deceived by life's outcomes. Life's outcomes, while not entirely random, have a huge amount of luck baked into them.
Michael LewisEvery form of strength is also a form of weakness,” he once wrote. “Pretty girls tend to become insufferable because, being pretty, their faults are too much tolerated. Possessions entrap men, and wealth paralyzes them. I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say.
Michael Lewis