The Law Is Like Rope...useful, Necessary, Strong,

America Has Been Erased Like A Blackboard, Only To Be Rebuilt And Then Erased Again. But Baseball Has Marked Time While America Has Rolled By Like A Procession Of Steamrollers.

[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.

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.

I Have No Interest In Non-fiction. I Don't Read It And Don't Watch It And Don't Write It, Other Than A Little Journalistic Column.

Baseball Is The Most Perfect Of Games, Solid, True, Pure And Precious As Diamonds. If Only Life Were So Simple. Within The Baselines Anything Can Happen. Tides Can Reverse; Oceans Can Open. That's Why They Say, "the Game Is Never Over Until The Last Man Is Out." Colors Can Change, Lives Can Alter, Anything Is Possible In This Gentle, Flawless, Loving Game.