If I Have A Choice Between Looking

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.

Yogi Berra, Bill Lee, They Were Irreverent, Poked Fun At The Stodgy Owners And Managers.

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.

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.