I had a lot of self-confidence.

Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - because I supported it.

I believe in the Rip Van Winkle theory—that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for seventy years, walk into a ballpark, and understand baseball perfectly.

So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.

Baseball is beautiful....the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity.

Always be wary of people who use quotes. I don't know who said that.' - Murdoc Niccals

Oh, is that all you’re looking forward to - a break from your studies?” He peered down at her with a knowing smirk.

Never think any oldish thoughts. It's oldish thoughts that make a person old.

Hardly has the universe stretched its wings to spanWhen it gathers to egg once more

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.

Lucian Freud's career affirms that the only thing an artist can do is remain true to whatever vision, (lack of) talent, or ideas that happened to pick them in order to be made known to the world.

We all know about blogs and how big they are.

The wretched have no friends.

It seems that the brain has a "small world" architecture - or at least the cortex does. Everything can connect to everything else in a few synaptic steps.