I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.

We have come too far to go back, my friends.

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

I haven't smoked marijuana since I was at NYU.

Everything you heard about me is true. . . . I am not a free marketer. . . . I believe in the heavy hand of government.

While this has been a private part of my family's life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979.

I think small business is struggling in New York City. It's a fantastic market, it's a very appealing market, there's lots of opportunity, at the same time it's a very difficult place to build a small business.