Perhaps only 7 to 10 percent at most of the cost of producing a wafer is labor. So there is read more

Perhaps only 7 to 10 percent at most of the cost of producing a wafer is labor. So there is a whole host of other factors that make a wafer fab competitive and the cost of labor is not really one of them.

I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in read more

I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in advance, ... A lot of the fall foliage travelers are seniors. Because their budgets are impacted more dramatically, I don't think they'll be traveling as much.

We started up the company with a goal of building a real company, unlike so many Internet Bubble startups that read more

We started up the company with a goal of building a real company, unlike so many Internet Bubble startups that seemed to take the attitude of "let's get mind share, and we'll figure out a way to make money later."

Whenever you eliminate the inedible, whatever remains, however unpalatable, must be food.

Whenever you eliminate the inedible, whatever remains, however unpalatable, must be food.

The end of the season is coming up, we're starting to see it. We really have got to start putting read more

The end of the season is coming up, we're starting to see it. We really have got to start putting the pieces together. ... We should have put Indiana away 10 minutes into the second half. We just have to stay focused and go out there and play hard for all 40 minutes.

I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my read more

I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family.

We know we've got to create time out of no time.

We know we've got to create time out of no time.

I come from a tradition of screenwriting -- with a co-writer -- where everything is challenged, where you have to read more

I come from a tradition of screenwriting -- with a co-writer -- where everything is challenged, where you have to defend every idea, ... I am a robber of ideas, but for there to be ideas, you have to have discussion. If everyone takes my word for the truth, you can't do that.

I understand some of the people's impatience with the show last year. I think that Lisa's (Lili Taylor) story line read more

I understand some of the people's impatience with the show last year. I think that Lisa's (Lili Taylor) story line (marrying Nate with minimal motivation in season three) became a little bit of a diversion - and that happens. It happens in every show.