As a lawyer who has dealt in defamation, I know that someone's reputation has to be lowered in the eyes of right-thinking people to sue.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

I wanted people to know it wasn't bluegrass, ... That had been my reputation up to that point and I didn't want to mislead people.

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.

We wanted a fresh set of eyes. We wanted someone who didn't know the culture. We didn't want someone who was a big aficionado to do this. Everything he is experiencing is new and so that he's experiencing it as I am or the majority of people on the street. You're going to see it through the eyes of someone who wasn't familiar with it.

The report has damaged not only the reputation of the flower industry but also of the country in the eyes of the international audience, who buy our flowers.