I could kind of feel myself getting tired. It was basically all I had to finish. If it had been any longer I would have probably fallen back.

The way I swam today, I'm ready to do a good job next week. I hope it works out, and I feel like it can.

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.

Clark Foam is now finally out of our system, I think, the whole debacle and the challenges it brought. But I think everyone is landing on their feet.

[Fitzgerald's appointment] eliminated the risks of the old independent counsel statute, and it's worked just beautifully, ... It looks like a traditional, responsible, very aggressive but professional prosecutor's work.