Antonio Villaraigosa

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.

Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same.

I say to people that Los Angeles is a city of America's hope and its promise. It's a city where we come from every corner of the Earth here to make the American dream happen.

Art is a continuum.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

Action is the antidote to despair.