I Can Still Put Down Some Pretty

Other People Get Into Occupations By Accident Or Design; But Writers Are Born. I Could Work At Selling Motels, Or Slopping Hogs, For Fifty Years, But If Someone Asked My Occupation, I'd Say Writer, Even If I'd Never Sold A Word. Writers Write. Other People Talk.

At One Time I'd Been To Every Park Except Baltimore And Houston, But Can't Even Keep Track Of Who Plays Where These Days.

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.

Heroes Don't Need To Talk About What They Did.

I Can Still Put Down Some Pretty Nasty Stuff On Paper, Which Is What I Enjoy Doing.