And to move forward and to build on it (better communications) I think would be in the best interest of, not only the chief's relations with the union, but with the members of the police department, with the police commission and the community.

It was for the first time really that the chief acknowledged we weren't making these things up. The problems exist in the department.

Chief, if you are committed to doing that, like you said you are, along with your staff, we will do whatever it takes to work to achieve those goals. But we have got to be honest with each other.

I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.

I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.

Service is not the art of getting but it is the art of giving.