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

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

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

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.

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

[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.

Have never been a minor league fan.