You're not lost in the storm, Marilyn. You are the storm.

I don't go into a fight without the facts now.

You can get compliance as a by-product of just doing your job right in the first place.

There are some so-called environmentalists who primarily work for developers, and it's understandable they'd be opposed to reforms that would hurt their clients. We're optimistic the voters will embrace the important reforms from both the SOS and open government online charter amendments.

The worst thing is to have all that clout and not know your own mind. If she says her (Marilyn Monroe's)favorite color is beige, that has to be a definite possibility. Then she will be as dangerous as a Chinese Empress.

My life and most people's lives are a series of little miracles -- strange coincidences which spring from uncontrollable impulses and give rise to incomprehensible dreams. We spend a lot of time pretending that we are normal, but underneath the surface each one of us knows that he or she is unique.