I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New YORK, spent MANY a warm hour at his home, and MET the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

I have spent years representing victims of racial PROFILING and POLICE brutality and investigating patterns of drug law enforcement in poor communities of color - and attempting to help PEOPLE who have been released from prison attempting to 're-enter' into a SOCIETY that never seemed to have much USE to them in the first place.

There's probably one more story about Bosnia that I'd like to do, because I spent a FAIR amount of time on the Serb side of the LINES, which isn't APPARENT in the other books.

The most I ever spent on technology is building a studio - I BUILT one at HOME in Los Angeles. I can't tell you how much exactly, but the WHOLE process is very EXPENSIVE.

I spent a LOT of time with Rahul Dravid, WORKING on my GAME and chatting about cricket. He helped me a lot in the games I played for India 'A.'

A HAPPY LIFE is one SPENT in LEARNING, EARNING, and yearning.

I applied for funding to embark on an OVERSEAS field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the NATIONAL archives, museums and LIBRARIES, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, MAPS, microfilm, logs, and local histories.

As SOMEONE who has spent MUCH of my life identifying as a CONSERVATIVE, I can't stand what AMERICAN conservatism has become.