In terms of the people that President [Donald] Trump is going to have around him, the cabinet. Predominantly white, predominantly male.

Everyone says buying your first apartment makes you feel like an adult. What no one mentions is that selling it turns you right back into a child.

The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.

New Yorkers are predatory about real estate. When they sense softening, they move in for the kill.

Graduation is a big deal-bigger than getting a hole-in-one while golfing. People might think you're lying about the hole-in-one, but when you graduate, you get a diploma.

I hate to ask about the title, because it makes it seem like that is all I've read of the book.

You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do is go there and tell their stories.