I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.
“That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards.”
“I think Hadley is to Rice as Scowcroft was to Kissinger; not inclined to think or act independently.”