A good book is enjoyable. A great book sets off a bomb inside of you.

A novel wouldn't be a book if there weren't some flights of fancy on the part of the author, stopping time to examine things, or to tell a joke.

Billy is like the pitching coach of the bullpen. He's a great compliment to (pitching coach) Mike Maddux and he has played a big part in the success we've had out there. When those guys come in the game, he's got them ready to go.

We just let too many opportunities get by early. That always comes back to haunt you. We preach to put the ball in play. Nothing good happens with a strikeout.

Fundamentally, there is very little genuinely new business about. Much of the new business written is simply premium income that has been recycled from one provider to another.

I read 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford again every so often.