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.

In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.

If you build it, he will come.

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

The Great Gatsby, the finest novel ever written.

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

It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.