We had some breakdowns defensively. A couple of them were in transition where we missed a shot and didn't match read more

We had some breakdowns defensively. A couple of them were in transition where we missed a shot and didn't match up well. We weren't shooting the ball great early and probably got a little bit frustrated and didn't pay attention in transition like we needed to.

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement read more

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.

Schools tell us if they want it or not and then we route it around to as many schools as read more

Schools tell us if they want it or not and then we route it around to as many schools as we can. You pick us basically.

My bottom line is that if the U.S. government just stands on the autopilot, just on the current trim line read more

My bottom line is that if the U.S. government just stands on the autopilot, just on the current trim line ... I think that it is more likely than not that we will see a nuclear bomb exploding in one of our cities in less than a decade.

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out read more

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.

These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most read more

These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most investors, who do not want their returns squeezed, would insist that the original transactions are modified to contain risks.

Our growth has been quite measured. It's never been our intent to impose a lot of restaurants on the world read more

Our growth has been quite measured. It's never been our intent to impose a lot of restaurants on the world but rather to keep pace with the demand for our food. We've very methodically entered new markets and built in our existing markets based on the demand and what our opportunity has been.

[The impression is] that Dade County is like Alice in Wonderland where up is down, down is up. As soon read more

[The impression is] that Dade County is like Alice in Wonderland where up is down, down is up. As soon as you drift out of Dade County you find that the Alice in Wonderland world ends at the Dade-Broward line.

It's an opportunity to answer any additional questions that are out there. It's also an opportunity for the three-school option read more

It's an opportunity to answer any additional questions that are out there. It's also an opportunity for the three-school option to be discussed on its own, rather than in comparison to the consolidated option, as it had been in the past.