Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.
“When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'”
“I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.”