We want it to be beautiful.

That automatically gives it a seedy connotation. That's not what we are.

We don't want to have to tiptoe around. By law, the village has to give us zoning. As a religious institution, we're entitled to it. I don't see how we can lose.

At no point during the proceedings were we given a chance to explain ourselves. As soon as our attorney started reading a letter of support from Good Samaritan Hospital, 250 people in the courtroom began booing. It was something you would see on a TV show. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It didn't feel like America. It just didn't.

Our stock in trade is raw, flailing sex.

You can argue we can get rid of recycling and save the city a million dollars, but why don't we try to get rid of the garbage and save the city even more money?