The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.

Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.

People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

Choose something you like to do. I know its a cliche, and youve heard it over and over. But the reason is, youre going to have to work long and hard to achieve any success. You better like it or life is going to be terrible.

First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.