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I think of sports writers as mediating between two worlds. Athletes probably think of sports writers as not macho enough. And people in high culture probably think of sports writers as jocks or something. They are in an interestingly complex position in which they have to mediate the world of body and the world of words.

The job of the writer is to look at where he is now and make some sort of emotional sense of it, not only for that moment but for years to come.

The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.

We wanted to create an environment where if a game player enjoyed the 'writing style' of a particular game designer, he or she could look for the next game by that same author and not be disappointed.

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story.

I don't know why sportswriters always have to write bad things about Joaquin Andujar.

Journalism is a team sport. Writing novels is golf: it's you and the ball.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how you respond to that tension.