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

I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.

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.

I'm in a position where, if you have the ability, you should use it well. To get things done.

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.

I have always said I've had a big personality, and I've always said I'm a pushy broad, and I've always said I want to get things done.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.