Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.
“I feel like every artist has an opportunity to create something new and to challenge themselves to reach out to a new crowd.”
“Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.”