Have never been a minor league fan.

Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.

I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.

I am an old-fashioned storyteller. I try to make people laugh and cry. A fiction writer's duty is to entertain. If you can sneak in something profound or symbolic, so much the better.

I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.

Have never been a minor league fan.

Yogi Berra, Bill Lee, they were irreverent, poked fun at the stodgy owners and managers.