I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific read more

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But read more

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.

I knew as well as anybody what the endowment does for artists because I had been someone it had supported read more

I knew as well as anybody what the endowment does for artists because I had been someone it had supported through not-for-profit theater.

I really like our team - we are a team that (opponents) really can't figure out. We run the football read more

I really like our team - we are a team that (opponents) really can't figure out. We run the football well; this is an athletic team. We just have to keep working hard in practice.

He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. read more

He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. He has quickly turned that around and really has played some great lacrosse in recent weeks.

The fact that we filed suit shows how important the issue is to us. It may be unwise to make read more

The fact that we filed suit shows how important the issue is to us. It may be unwise to make any significant change in our posture.

Politics, basically politics. Our strategy for production is that for every dollar we invest in China, we invest 80 cents read more

Politics, basically politics. Our strategy for production is that for every dollar we invest in China, we invest 80 cents to a dollar outside. We need to balance country risk.

Right now we're not going to cut anything back, because the schedules are already set. Sports participation is an important read more

Right now we're not going to cut anything back, because the schedules are already set. Sports participation is an important part of the whole educational concept, and if you don't have extracurricular things to do, some kids just don't make it.

It has opened a new diplomatic channel for Pakistan and the pro-Israeli groups in the US will not oppose Pakistan read more

It has opened a new diplomatic channel for Pakistan and the pro-Israeli groups in the US will not oppose Pakistan to the extent they used to do in the past.