Everybody likes to blow stuff up.

It's kind of neat to set something off and it goes big.

At Beaver Creek there's a lot of stuff we can just ski cut.

We can't get every nook and cranny, but we try.

I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. When I first started writing, I just started writing a novel. It's a hard way to learn to write. I don't recommend it to my students, but it just happens that way for some of us.

As mayor of Milwaukee, I've had many developers come and many businesses come and have asked for financial assistance from the city, and my questions have always been: how many jobs are we talking about and are these family-supporting jobs.