After I left the Marines in '46, I wanted to stay in the Marines; I was very happy - I loved that life.

The Marines in Korea never feared 'friendly fire' or artillery coming from the South Koreans - from their allies - like they did later in Vietnam, fighting with the South Vietnamese. The Koreans could be trusted.

I have taken some hits here and there, but I've been most damaged carrying my little terrier to bed, and I broke my hip turning off the lamp. I've been nicked a few times, but he put me out of business. So life is a very strange adventure.

Gandhi was a strange guy. There was this simplistic manner; but nobody knows what it cost to provide the simple life of Mohandas Gandhi. Nobody. He traveled on a train by himself.

I hope that he's happy here and will stay because we've laid the foundation now to do a lot of good things here. The Theater District is not the end, it's the beginning,

For there was once a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised ever again.