Read! Read! Read! And then read some more. When you find something that thrills you, take it apart paragraph by paragraph, line by line, word by word, to see what made it so wonderful. Then use those tricks next time you write.

Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.

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

Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria - anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor.

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.

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

Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.