Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. - Essays.

We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I say to myself, "That man is a Red, that man is a Communist." You never heard a real American talk in that manner.

[Perhaps what we can learn from SARS is perspective.] There are very real threats, but they don't always have to follow a Hollywood disaster movie script, ... Flu epidemics do occur. It's part of our human experience. We've survived it before and we're in a much better position to deal with it now than ever before. We have ways to contain these things that would've been unthinkable even 10 years ago.

I think it's wonderful from a tourism perspective. It's sensational, and it couldn't have come at a better time. We're at a crossroads to preserve the village atmosphere, or lose it it really puts the pressure on the city over the high-rise buildings they've proposed on Palm Canyon Drive.

A good motto is: use friendliness but do not use your friends.

What is a friend? I will tell you... it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.