I Don't Have Time To Read Nonfiction.

If You Build It, He Will Come.

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.

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.

[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.

The Crack Of The Bat, The Sound Of Baseballs Thumping Into Gloves, The Infield Chatter Are Like Birdsong To The Baseball Starved.