As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.
“Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had.”
“There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.”