People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan.

Don't keep your own schedule - that will eat too much of your time keeping your own schedule. And when you are tired, stop. Because if you are too tired, you become not productive, and you are wasting time.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views.

The best thing to know is what you don't know.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.