"I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing."

“The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.”

Source : John D MacDonald (2013). “Bright Orange for the Shroud: Introduction by Lee Child: Travis McGee”, p.5, Random House

“Photography's future is infinite and bright. It's growing exponentially, so that's great, but for me as a practitioner, that exponential growth makes it even more problematic. And so for me, it's got me more engaged with storytelling.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.”

Source : John Cheever, Blake Bailey (2009). “John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings”

“You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.”

“The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.”

“This is the sum of duty: do naught to others which if done to thee, would cause thee pain.”

“Probably writers should forget what it was like to write the last novel, and the one before that, and the one before that, or we should all be plumbers. It must be good to be a plumber. Everyone is happy to see you, and no one reviews your work.”

“More than any other games, baseball gives its players space - both physical and emotional - in which to define themselves.”