I do think that sports is really rich dramatically that, and this is kind of a self-serving thing to say, but I wonder why there aren't more, better sports novels.

People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite.

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

I'm just kind of really interested in athletes as artists of a pretty serious variety and people who devote themselves to what they do in a really incredible way.

You don't have to even see the common man anymore if you don't want to! Only through the telescope on your yacht.

It was strange the way he loved her; a side long and almost casual love, as if loving her were simply a matter of course, too natural to mention.

It's very hard right now to be a pro sports fan. The economics of this stuff is abysmal.

... people loved to suffer, as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose the form of your suffering.

I play American football every Saturday, which I find calming.

Most writers, most books, you have no idea whether it was a dollar or a million dollars.

The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

A man's happiness: to do the things proper to man.

I've been loved in life, but all that matters now is that I'm loved by you." -Eva

Don't sacrifice what you wish for most for what you wish for now

The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.

What I need is an Urban Thesaurus. I know what money is what I need is 600 different ways to say it.

I want to do something big, something important.

We're showing a lot of the good signs you need for a good team, so I have high hopes.

I will catch Christ with a greased worm, And when the Prince of Darkness stalks My bloodstream to its Stygian term . . . On water the Man-Fisher walks.

Islands are gregarious animals, they decorate the ocean in conveys.

You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing!