[I] Played a little softball, but there was nowhere on the field it was safe for me to be.

After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of both factions has destroyed baseball's credibility, at least for the present.

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

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.

Growing up is a ritual, more deadly than religion, more complicated than baseball, for there seem to be no rules. Everything is experienced for the first time.

My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.

I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.