I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.

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

When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it's not so easy to be at ease.

I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.

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.

Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

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.