I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way.

I think the feature reporter often walks a very thin line between a truly human story and one that slops over into mushiness or sentimentality.

I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.