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"I wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession of journalism itself."

"Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book."

"Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it."

"To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right."

"I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam."

"Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing."

"Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things."

"Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening."

"I think recent revelations about who's in what bed speak to the problems with what happened in the Gulf."

"And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place."
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"I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself."

"To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right."

"Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia."

"My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates."

"To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound."
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