They've been at that rate since the building opened in 1996. That rate really represents the rental rate it would take to justify the construction of a new downtown high-rise.

I'm very proud of the way he handled it. It's tough to put a number on a kid's heart and Brad had the biggest heart of any kid I've seen. He's driven and very passionate about the game. If anything, Brad is in better shape now, his velocity is up (94-95 m.p.h.) and he's maturing as a young man.

A couple of years ago, they were just putting their toes in the water. Now they're saying the water's nice and jumping in.

The government's success in preventing another catastrophic attack on the American homeland in the 20 months since September 11, 2001 would have been much more difficult, if not impossibly so, without the USA Patriot Act.

We're not going to show up and shove it off the truck.

He was a person. He wasn't a monster.

By the beginning of September, we'll be done all the road repairs and we were originally projecting for spring or summer.

[Brown and Hamblin quickly adopted the Hill as well.] It's such a community-oriented neighborhood that we fell in love with it, ... We spend a lot of our time just doing things around here.

Writing is such a solitary endeavor. It gets people interested in and talking about writing.