Growing up in Brooklyn in the '40s and following the war in the papers and on the radio every day, read more

Growing up in Brooklyn in the '40s and following the war in the papers and on the radio every day, the world looked very different to us then.

Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily read more

Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily news that comes in on the ongoing violence and the more-structural problems,

We found the austere conditions.

We found the austere conditions.

I can show you 200 or 300 houses that need work done on it,

I can show you 200 or 300 houses that need work done on it,

I'm afraid that it will fail miserably. Somehow, we have to promote this.

I'm afraid that it will fail miserably. Somehow, we have to promote this.

Our goal is always to hold the other team to 15 points or less. To hold them to three is read more

Our goal is always to hold the other team to 15 points or less. To hold them to three is really unbelievable.

We're not turning our backs on them. We've done a very good job helping them find work. We can't guarantee read more

We're not turning our backs on them. We've done a very good job helping them find work. We can't guarantee 100 percent employment.

I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those read more

I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those sopranos in nightgowns dying in Act 2. So what do I have in my first opera? A soprano in a nightgown dying in Act 2.