[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell only blockbusters and leave the real work to small presses.

Until Color TV came along, BW TV was too muddy to be enjoyable.

Found a good voice and took advantage of it. Each of my specialties was like a prospector discovering a vein of gold. I worked each until the vein was exhausted.

At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.

I was lucky to get one good adaptation. Field of Dreams the Musical is lurking in the wings. Hope it will provide my daughters with a ton of money someday.

Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.

My intuition told me that it was the grass that was important.Now it glows parrot-green, cool as mint, soft as moss, lying there like a cashmere blanket.