When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.
“Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys.”
“I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.”