In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.
Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.
I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books.
It wasn't until I was 26 or 25 when I started sending work out to magazines.
Travel definitely affects me as a writer.
I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out.
I always told my dad I'd play professional football.
The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years.
We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
The party now is having my kids laugh and my wife laugh and my teammates. I want them to see me have fun and put it in a different way.
I was born and raised in the Bay Area. It's the place I got a deep, deep affection for.