I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is read more

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.

The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the read more

The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the weight on it. That didn't go as well as he was hoping, but everything else was right up to par. ... As he said, 'When am I ever going to skip on the baseball field?'

Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, read more

Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, but we have no projected date for him. There's no way he's going to be able to take the ball in Anaheim.

We didn't mix the split in, we're going to wait a couple of outings and let him air out before read more

We didn't mix the split in, we're going to wait a couple of outings and let him air out before mixing in the split in outing three or four. We're guarding it with kid gloves right now.

He's just a ball hog. He probably could be our best player on offense, but we need him on defense.

He's just a ball hog. He probably could be our best player on offense, but we need him on defense.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

He's had little flashes where he looks like a big-league pitcher again. But he knows his command is not where read more

He's had little flashes where he looks like a big-league pitcher again. But he knows his command is not where he wants it to be.

They have stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are read more

They have stuck their hands into a hornet's nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word — definitely not.

Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, read more

Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, but we have no projected date for him, ... There's no way he's going to be able to take the ball in Anaheim.