She had certain requirements. We weren't willing to accept those requirements.

I met with Britney, her manager and her lawyers, and we are working on a deal to bring her to the Strip for 'X'-number of weeks in 2007-2008.

Will she wind up in a deal in Las Vegas? You know, Vegas has surprised a lot of people. I wouldn't close the door on anyone.

We also like, believe it or not, Morgan Stanley, which is our top pick in the brokerage field, although they may have another quarter and some stuff to wade through. It's selling at a very steep discount to the group. It's our top pick,

Generally speaking, the whole point of adult masquerades is that you get to do something that you don't normally do.

If critics say your work stinks it's because they want it to stink and they can make it stink by scaring you into conformity with their comfortable little standards. Standards so low that they can no longer be considered "dangerous" but set in place in their compartmental understandings.