There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women, the fortunes, the football players and the murders are all bigger than anywhere else.

This is truly marvelous work full of mystery, nostalgia, joy, The Color of Whimsy.

There are 10,000 books in my library, and it will keep growing until I die. This has exasperated my daughters, amused my friends and baffled my accountant. If I had not picked up this habit in the library long ago, I would have more money in the bank today; I would not be richer.

More than anything, it's a game of innocence. Politicians may come and go, but they always get booed at the ballpark.

Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball.

In the end, the only thing the true New Yorker knows about New York is that it is unknowable.

Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town.