The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants.

I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word 'wince,' you wince. How about that?

Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it.

The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South.

I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing.

Vincent van Gogh's mother painted all of his best things. The famous mailed decapitated ear was a figment of the public relations firm engaged by Van Gogh's dealer.

Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.