I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be read more

I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.

The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But read more

The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.

I prodded her to do it,

I prodded her to do it,

She's a very conservative person and has exceedingly good judgment. Usually, she's telling me, 'Don't do this! Mistake.' And this read more

She's a very conservative person and has exceedingly good judgment. Usually, she's telling me, 'Don't do this! Mistake.' And this time, she said, 'I really think you should write this book, whether he wants you to or not.' To me, this was amazing. And she was right.

Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as many issues related to privacy read more

Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as many issues related to privacy as in the U.S..

It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat read more

It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat TCU 89-80 in overtime Wednesday) were do or die for us as far as staying in the conference race. I'm not sure how, but we'll take it.

We call it the ripple in a great big water.

We call it the ripple in a great big water.

The key issue that the court will focus on in the case is whether political gerrymandering is constitutional.

The key issue that the court will focus on in the case is whether political gerrymandering is constitutional.

We've had to run at Texas Tech, which is the defending Big 12 champions, at the University of Oklahoma, at read more

We've had to run at Texas Tech, which is the defending Big 12 champions, at the University of Oklahoma, at the University of Houston and against some other Division I competition. That's probably a little more competition than we needed, but we competed well and now we're ready to see how we do outdoors.