On the one hand the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer.

I guess I'm a very keen observer and I'd like to think I have a good imagination.

First comes thought then organization of that thought into ideas and plans then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning as you will observe is in your imagination.

At the risk of appearing disingenuous I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe which is frequently hilarious.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

Humor has been the balm of my life but it's been reserved for those close to me not part of the public Lana.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources which must be preserved at all cost.

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now I'll be a better man a more mature man a wiser man a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.