That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact.
I did not want to go anywhere where I would be interim.
At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.
I would like to become the prime minister, do the job for two years, and then leave and devote myself to public work.
A consulting position might work in another profession, but not in pro football. There's no such thing. They give a guy a parking spot and put his name up as a consultant, and in six months, they erase the name.
I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
I knew with The West Wing that that wasn't going to be for very long, that I was just the red herring.
It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.
I'm sort of like a specialist. I go in, do what I do and every four years, they get tired of me and I have to relocate myself.
Nobody, but nobody stays a public-address announcer for more than a couple of years. Truly. Public-address announcing is not a career. Public-address announcers only work 81 days a year, so you don't make a living.
