'Family Life' is a blueprint of my life. It was horrible and physically gruesome in a way the book doesn't attempt to capture. It was emotionally very bleak.

When you read Chekhov, everything has an even gray tone. When you read 'Family Life', everything has an even white tone. It is almost like when you paint on paper, and you can see the paper through the paint.

Baseball life is a tough life on the family.

I am shamelessly biased about the people in my life, and it makes sense to me that other people are the same.

My life is a struggle.

For me, my life is a journey.