When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.
“Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place to love and be irritated with.”
“Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.”