I've seen everyone on our staff shed some tears. We loved Ames and loved the people here.

I've seen everyone on our staff shed some tears. We loved Ames and loved the people here.

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many read more

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.

When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him read more

When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him laughing at things I didn't know the references to. There is an intimacy between Chicago writers and the population of this city that I find really wonderful. It's warm and it's welcoming. It's a little like going to a Baptist church. They know when to say 'Amen'.

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.

American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.

It is good for younger people to see how things were done before modern conveniences when you sat in the read more

It is good for younger people to see how things were done before modern conveniences when you sat in the tractor exposed to the cold, heat and rain. These tractors were before air conditioning, heat and stereos. This also gives the older people an opportunity to relive memories.

It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is read more

It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is trying to preserve a piece of land that's got oil wells all over it.

They're just making smart investments because they know people are coming. They have the money, and they saw a hot read more

They're just making smart investments because they know people are coming. They have the money, and they saw a hot market, so it was easy for them to step in in a big way.

Frank is definitely not a keeping-the-seat-warm kind of figure. I've known Frank fairly well for six years. I wouldn't use read more

Frank is definitely not a keeping-the-seat-warm kind of figure. I've known Frank fairly well for six years. I wouldn't use the term 'rising star,' but in the world of the Vatican he is very highly thought of ... he's someone who could be an archbishop someday.